landscapearchitecture:

“IBM has released the fourth annual edition of its Next 5 in 5, which is a list of five innovations that the company predicts will change cities over the next five years as cities face massive urbanization and stressed infrastructure.” (eWeek article)

Prediction 1: Cities will have healthier immune systems

Prediction 2: City buildings will sense and respond like living organisms

Prediction 3: Cars and city buses will run on empty

Prediction 4: Smarter systems will quench cities’ thirst for water and save energy

Prediction 5: Cities will respond to a crisis—even before receiving an emergency phone call

READ MORE about each of these predictions in the eWeek article