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> OMG, “smart” street lamps?? Our city is so progressive! Already got them, kinda. They are radio controlled which allow for them to be for granular controlled
by Crosseye_Jack 7y ago
> OMG, “smart” street lamps?? Our city is so progressive!
Already got them, kinda. They are radio controlled which allow for them to be for granular controlled to reduce power usage and thus money.
It’s all good until the system fails and almost everyone is left without any street light (the main road still we’re lit as they were on a different profile or something but all the other streets were in darkness until around midnight. I’ve only noticed the single failure in the years it has been running though)
- slovette 7y agoI’m specifically referencing street lamps that are being prototyped and shown off at conferences with embedded 5G RF chips in them. Anything to aid in power conservation is something I’d go for and not mock. Maybe needs some improvement as you mention, but not an idea I’d treat so harshly as above. Haha.
- Crosseye_Jack 7y agoOh I know. I was just having a giggle about “smart all the things”. The radio control street lights have mainly been a success. As I say only one failure in my area that I know of but when they do fail, it fails spectacularly.