
CitiOS is one of the best smart city projects around. It’s no news that the blockchain technology has been able to contribute immensely to the development of many sectors of the global economy. It is in the light of those successes it recorded in the past that it has become one of the highly sought after networks of our time. Now, the technology had hosted many projects in the past. Many of those projects or blockchain-based platforms focus on different real-world problems, such as fixing issues in the electricity/power sector, boosting cross-border transactions, or making communications easier.
CitiOS is one of such blockchain projects that aim at increasing the supply of electricity, while touching on many other aspects that need development around the world. It’s worth pointing out that it isn’t the first to work on that premise. It wouldn’t be the last either. Yet, analysis of the previous models and those presented by CitiOS would help us to understand the things that the project has to offer.
WHAT IS CITIOS?
First things first! Let us understand what CitiOS is all about. That way, we can understand the problems it tries to resolve. We would also discover the target areas where the features of the project would be channeled. So, without much ado, here are the underlined potentials that places CitiOS over its peers.
Self-Powered Street Lights
Electricity is one resource that is yet to get to the nooks and crannies of African communities. Things have gotten so bad that the areas in the region (Africa) that could boast of “sufficient electric supply” barely have about 10 hours power supply. In such an instance, what would be the fate of the average African that depends on electricity for many things? What is the fate of industries in the region? How would our streets look under the haze of darkness because of insufficient power supply to power the street lights?
CitiOS is better than traditional models of powering street lights. The first is the use of alternative energy, such as solar energy for powering the solar panels. With such innovation in place, you can be sure that the street lights in your area would be available all day because they derive electricity from solar energy.
AIoT Integration
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been making the rounds in recent years. It involves the delegation of the Internet-powered devices for the gathering and collation of data in specific areas. Therefore, the channeling of the Artificial Internet of Things (AIoT) to the street lights launched by CitiOS is a move to facilitate the gathering of information in the places they are mounted.
Among the many things done by the AI Camera hidden inside the solar panels of the street lights is to pick out suspicious movements, take note of fire incidents, and be on the lookout for rough driving or road mishaps.
Once the data is gathered, the information would be transmitted through the LoRa private network, which combines with the hybrid gateway comprising LTE. With that in place, it would be easier to send the information back to the CitiOS blockchain. The platform (CitiOS) would in turn, use the same data to analyze the events and state of things before arriving at a decision on how to tackle the issues.
FINAL WORDS
A fully electrified future is knocking on our doors. CitiOS is one of the best smart city projects around now because of the amazing features it has in place. Haven confirmed the viability of its feature over the traditional platforms; we can now conclude that CitiOS’ goal to “light up Africa” is a mission that would see the light of the day.
USEFUL LINKS
Website: https://www.citios.io/
Whitepaper: https://www.citios.io/assets/CitiOS_Whitepaper-b30baa8c1d320911cf2f308042e20af97ad0fdbd5e13890cf1124e031891e1b6.pdf
Telegram: https://t.me/CitiOS_Official
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CitiosOfficial
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citios.io/
AUTHOR’S DETAILS
Bitcointalk Username: Ifychuks
Bitcointalk Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2397927