Street Lights Provide a Bright Future

We often take for granted the lonely street lights that illuminate our neighborhoods. In an Emerging Tech article, journalist Jordan McDonald explores 5 new technologies that municipalities are “tacking onto lampposts.”

  • Electric vehicle charging: as EV adoption accelerates, charging your car can become difficult. Voltpost is working with NYC to install 10,000 curbside EV chargers by 2030.

  • Lidar sensors: Velodyne Lidar provides sensors to potentially reduce road collisions.

  • Air-quality: PurpleAir and Clarity Movement are collecting weather data and and air quality.

  • Surveillance: well, yeah, even Big Brother is getting in on the action.

  • 5G: you want high speed 5G and whatever comes next? Why not get it from a nearby street light.

Doug Ericksonev