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Come with Belinda and chat about dreamhamar’s latest events and developments. We have one more week of…Continue reading. A network for rapid and sustainable ICT regional adoption. Planned Portuguese Eco-City Is Controlled By A Central Computer Brain. A new eco-city planned in Portugal takes a cue from biology, using a centralized computer "brain" to control functions like water use, waste processing and energy consumption.

Planned Portuguese Eco-City Is Controlled By A Central Computer Brain

It's the biggest attempt at urban metabolism, which attempts to compare cities to living organisms. PlanIT Valley, in southern Portugal near the town of Paredes, will use a network of sensors much like a nervous system to collect data and control the city, New Scientist reports. A firm called Living PlanIT is leading the effort, and aims to make PlanIT Valley a low-carbon city that also provides a European alternative to Silicon Valley. The $19 billion city could be built by 2015, beating Abu Dhabi's Masdar City by five years. As a centrally operated smart municipality, it's more ambitious than Masdar or China's stalled Dongtan project. Redesigning the urban future at Digital Cities'11.