How about taking advantage of public transport to leave a city totally connected to the Internet?
This is the idea of the Portuguese startup “They came“, Which presented in the city of Porto, Portugal, a resource that transformed more than 600 buses and taxis into Wi-Fi access points. This way, thousands of citizens will have access to the Internet.
This technology will also help to collect urban planning information from the city. The data collection will be done through sensors installed in the vehicles, one of the objectives is to detect the points that need repairs on the roads, using sensors in the shock absorbers that identify any unusual collision. There are also sensors installed by the city's garbage containers that will inform you if they are full to collect garbage, thus helping to keep the city clean. A resource that would be very useful in Angola.
This Startup, They came, originated at the University of Porto, founded by João Barros, associate professor at the University of Porto, has been so successful it has already received $ 4,2 million in funding and has established its headquarters in Montain View, California, the famous Silicon Valley.
This technology has attracted around 70 thousand people per month, with 50 to 80% of user traffic coming from users who used mobile data to browse the web. The company promises to take this technology to other cities…
