Sidewalk Labs offers a futuristic vision for Toronto, but at what cost? - Categories Via RSS |
- News
- Publication Date |
- Jun 25, 2019
- Episode Duration |
- 00:24:11
After 18 months of consultation, Google sister company Sidewalk Labs has released its master draft proposal to develop a portion of Toronto’s waterfront. The proposal includes everything from an affordable housing plan, to sensored pneumatic garbage shoots, to a data privacy framework in the form of an independent urban data trust. Today on Front Burner, we talk to The Logic’s editor-in-chief David Skok about what’s in the report, and what questions we need to ask ourselves when we consider building smart cities.