Seeing beyond smart cities.

By setting our goals on smart cities aren't we avoiding the bigger picture ? We started a long time ago with smart phone and then moved to smart homes and we are now looking at connected cars. Connected cities are the next step in this general direction but we need to keep in mind the end goal. To have a connected planet. 

The planet already has a pretty solid and reliable network that acts as the frame set of a lot of smart services. It's obvious that smart cities is the next iteration in this general direction however given the present disposition in technology and the consensus of the ongoing markets we can clearly see a lack of available platforms and protocols. With this in mind, it is an opportune time build a solid platform and standard protocol to allow the current and coming technologies to thrive. By building this we create a fertile soil for services and solution to be developed and be accessible to all players in this space. It also acts as a level playing field to support efforts from third parties as well as individuals.

Power in numbers

In the current state of things we are seeing many solutions operating on their own closed platforms and providing a limited scope of the actual situation. In a lot of places around the globe there are many instances where cities are clustered close together and have a symbiotic relation with each other. In most of these cases the current approach provides very little insight into this very complex relationship. It's easy to understand that most available solutions don't fit the bill. Add to this the fact that most platforms out there all have closed systems with very few open channels for collaborative data sharing. Alike the automotive manufacturing industry that only caters to themselves when it comes to the data they are generating, it is futile to think one can come up with solutions that span the reach of an open and accessible platform. By having such a narrow scope of usage in the name of competitive edge, the owners (OEMs, Smart cities, etc ...) of these databases can only get a one sided story of their harvested datasets as there is no objective comparison or analysis. This limits the depth of the solutions that can arise from it. However when give the opportunity to challenge one database to another similar from a similar industry then we start real insight into what can be achieved.

It's after understanding the limits of what is currently available that we clearly see the need for a private, transparent, fair and democratized protocol that brings a safe haven for all parties to participate and bring added value to their present offering.

One protocol for all

This is what we, at Moovin, are bringing to the table. By providing a blockchain based database with certified data entry we allow all parties of the ever growing transportation scene to participate in an active and dynamic protocol. A protocol that knows no boundaries and is open to all, offers unprecedented scope of how our world is using transportation. By allowing others to collaborate to this global database of all things moving we can see the bigger picture and understand our world in ways we could not even imagine before. Imagine a platform allowing you to take a snap shot in any city in the world that includes everything from bicycles to public transit to cars and more. All this using first person data aggregated to observational data. This will provide unprecedented behavioural understanding of how our cities function and will give an in-depth view of how we can tackle the coming of age of transportation.

?How we achieve this ?

Starting with the most important link in the data chain, the end user (the generator), we aim to have the general public play a crucial role in data harvesting. By giving the full control over there privacy setting and data transfers we offer compensation of contribution (Moov token) that will give the user an incentive to provide quality and pertinent data. We then have a data buyers have access to the datasets or AI generated services via an automated Data Purchase Gateway that accepts the same Moov Token. This protocol allows for fair and transparent opportunities for all parties. It creates a fertile grounds for data buyers to generate solutions for their own client base. It opens doors for third parties to bring new solutions to an ever-growing market. It allows for current OEMs to contribute to a unified database that will generate new visions of their own data with much better insight.

The bigger picture

With all this in mind it is easy to see how taking a step back and seeing the bigger picture make sens. While broadening our vision we can make the world a better place to drive, ride or commute, all this while being responsible for the environment and our citizens.