It’s 3 AM in the city. Most people are asleep. But at the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC), lights are on, and the monitors are active. Suddenly, a sensor detects smoke rising from a narrow lane in an old residential neighborhood. Within seconds, the ICCC alerts the nearest fire brigade, notifies emergency response teams,...
The Hidden Costs of Infrastructure Failures – And How AI Prevents Them
The Hidden Costs of Infrastructure Failures – And How AI Prevents Them. Last year, when a century-old water main ruptured beneath Boston’s financial district, the city’s repair crew chief called it a “$600,000 problem.” He wasn’t wrong about the immediate fix, but he was off by a factor of ten in calculating the true cost. ...



