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Get ready, Verizon subscribers. You may have reason to upgrade to a brand new LTE-capable device — like the freshly announced Motorola Droid RAZR — now that Verizon has extended its 4G LTE coverage to 22 new cities.
The LTE extension into these 22 new cities will bring Verizon’s 4G coverage to a total of 165 cities today, with 13 more areas lighting up on November 17.
New cities getting the LTE love today include:
Birmingham, AL; Modesto and Stockton, CA; Bloomington, Elkhart, Evansville, South Bend, and Terre Haute, IN; Sioux City, IA; Hagerstown, MD; Tupelo, MS; Albuquerque and Sante Fe, NM; Buffalo, NY; Asheville, NC; Bartlesville, OK; Jackson and Martin, TN; Greater Hampton Roads and Richmond, VA; and Green Bay, WI.
Verizon also extended its existing 4G LTE coverage in Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington D.C. and Erie, PA. With today’s roll out and another one scheduled for November 17, Verizon’s 4G LTE network will cover a total of 178 cities in just under a month. By then, Verizon said it would offer at least 13 LTE-capable devices to customers.
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A citywide series of interconnected sensors, all run by a central operating system: the future? Not one I want to live in. I just want to live on a tropical island beach and surf everyday. Oooooor get drunk and lure mermaids onto the beach with my sandcastles. Hey, HEY ARIEL — I MADE A MOAT AROUND THIS ONE FOR YOU! *vomiting shellfish*…
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Aaaaaaaand ate some of your friends.
The Urban OS works just like a PC operating system but keeps buildings, traffic and services running smoothly.
In the event of a fire the Urban OS might manage traffic lights so fire engines can reach the blaze swiftly.
The sensors monitor everything from large scale events such as traffic flows across the entire city down to more local phenomena such as temperature sensors inside individual rooms.
The OS completely bypasses humans to manage communication between sensors and devices such as traffic lights, air conditioning or water pumps that influence the quality of city life.
Granted people are are so terrible at their jobs a city-wide operating system probably WOULD be more efficient, but what happens when it goes down and nobody knows how to do its job? Or, even worse, becomes self aware and turns all the traffic lights green at the same time? HAHA, I’m almost glad I lost my license! Wait…
Smart cities get their own operating system [bbcnews]
Thanks to John G., who claims there’s a town in the Poland that’s trying to elect a robot mayor. LOL! Technology in Poland – you’re good. View full post on Geekologie – Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
