Port: a futuristic living laboratory to improve the quality of life in the city (with video)

Until 2016, the city of Porto will be transformed into a kind of laboratory for improving urban mobility, security and quality of life of its citizens. The project is called Future Cities, has the support of several entities, including the Câmara Municipal do Porto, and the unbeaten city is among the most innovative in Europe within two years.

"The project uses the city as a living laboratory to install a network of sensors to capture a series of information in terms of mobility, environmental data or noise. This allows us to have a monitoring several parameters online almost the quality of life, "explained to the green economy Filipe Araújo, innovation and environment Alderman of the Câmara Municipal do Porto.

Today there are more than 900 sensors that measure the quality of life of portuenses. "[This project] is important to the city because it will allow us to have a more efficient," explains Filipe Araújo. "To feel the city, we have more detailed information about parameters such as noise or other type of pollution, and that allows us to make choices in a more sustained. Neighbours summer harbour a camera more efficient and more concerned with streamline environmental everywhere, "continued Filipe Araújo.

According to the charge, the project also wants to draw more companies, especially multinationals, to the borders of invicta. Companies that want to come try their products and see how a smartcity if can position. "We are also supporting the economy," concluded the Mayor.

The Future Cities will cost almost € 2 million, divided between the European Union and the NSRF. One of the novelties is a social network of buses, whose performance can be monitored at the time.

"We can collect data as the quality of the floor, the air and the driver's driving style. Are very different but are georeferenced, "explained John Barros, of the Faculty of engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).

According to researchers at FEUP, this monitoring of all data related to the well-being of citizens in their city will be common to all large and medium-sized cities in the future. To this end, the city of Porto will be the Guinea pig and, in the short term, will receive direct and indirect credit of this bet.

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