The United Nations projects that some 68 per cent of the world's population will be living in urban areas by the year 2050, a huge increase of 55 per cent from today's figure. In order to cope with such an unprecedented urban population growth, city managers and businesses across the world are making significant investments in IoT and 5G technology to create greater connections that will benefit residents and organisations alike.
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has taught us plenty – from the extraordinary contribution of key workers, to precisely which goods people are prone to panic buying. But what has the pandemic taught us about the Internet of Things (IoT)?