For the elderly especially, temperature sensors and water flow detectors should also be installed to indicate over or under temperature or the presence of water leaks.

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Intersections will bristle with cameras, radar and sensors to control traffic flow and prevent collisions.

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Other projects will include a network of sensors to monitor air quality, traffic flow, water supply and other parameters.

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Other sensors monitor traffic conditions allowing real-time optimisation of traffic flow.

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It creates a bus lane on the hard shoulder and uses sensors in the road to detect when mandatory speed limits should be varied to help traffic flow.

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Smarr wants to strengthen those connections to create a dynamic global computer--a kind of Ubiquinet, if you will--by adding millions of sensors on Earth, in space and even inside us to provide a rich and continuous information flow.

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