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"Autodesk is supplying the cloud services that will power the bridge’s data collection and processing" So the first question is what happens when all these serv
by gene-h 8y ago
"Autodesk is supplying the cloud services that will power the bridge’s data collection and processing"
So the first question is what happens when all these services eventually become obsolete over the bridges life time or if autodesk goes bankrupt?(Of course that may be unlikely if this proposed 'infrastructure as a service' business takes off)
"These sensors will collect structural measurements such as strain, displacement and vibration,"
Now since the bridge has vibration sensors, could one not potentially do gait recognition on people walking across the bridge? And since all this data is stored in 'the cloud,' we now have a bridge which could potentially leak user data. Now to make a ridiculous slippery slope argument, the end result of this may be the house of cards construction building use in Vernor Vinge's Rainbow's End[0], where building s are literally constructed like a house of cards and computer controlled stabilization is used to prevent them from falling over.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End
- Svoka 8y agoHopefully by the time Autodesk goes under, we'll have good understanding of how it behaves. Also, no need to dramatize, we have bridges without sensors. I guess surveyors would have to include this one as well.