https://phys.org/news/2018-07-technology-cities-smart-environment.html

In similar ways, governments worldwide are partnering with technology firms to make cities "smarter" by retrofitting various city objects with technological features. While this might make our cities safer and potentially more user-friendly, we can't work off a blind faith in technology which, without proper design, can break down and leave a city full of environmental waste.

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