San Jose is joining the Internet of Things revolution as it enlists startup company anyCOMM to help connect integral parts of the city to the Internet to help improve the metropolis.
The project will entail the deployment of WiFi on 148 sensors on streetlights in the center of the city, with 18 more around the perimeter of the Mineta San Jose Airport, if the United States Federal Aviation Administration approves it.
The sensors will connect to the photocell receptacle of the streetlights and will collect data on traffic, movement on the streets, detect ground shifts and send earthquake warnings, serve as WiFi hotspots, turn off streetlights when sidewalks and roads are empty, and can even record audio and video.
Surprisingly anyCOMM was chosen for this project despite there being larger service providers offering smart city products, but one notable perk is that San Jose will be able to test anyCOMM products for free. That makes the San Jose project a prime opportunity for anyCOMM, too.
“This pilot is about testing a precommercial technology,” San Jose spokesperson David Vossbrink stated. “The city’s demonstration policy creates the opportunity to companies with precommercial technology to demonstrate their technologies on a nonexclusive, limited-scope basis.”
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