With the ever-increasing technological boom, the nations are striving to turn into a Smart Nation<\/i>. But, with these efforts arises the question about what actually means by being Smart.<\/p>\n
Have a look at what Mr. Scott Wightman<\/strong>, British High Commissioner to Singapore, said at the FESTIVAL OF TECHNOLOGY\u00a0held in Singapore.<\/p>\n Turning world into a Smart Nation means building better lives for its people, creating new business opportunities, strengthening communities, and enabling an anticipatory government that makes use of the technology to serve its citizens\u2019 needs in a better way.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether you\u2019re a citizen, group, community or government, or a tech professional, artist, student, everyone has a role to play in this vision.\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n Nations across the globe should emphasize on tackling major issues that tends to arise from national trends and challenges, like ageing population and urban density by tapping on technology. For instance, nations should use technology to help the elderly to age in their place and live meaningful lives. Also, we desire to have more efficient transportation to enhance the commuting experience as the land gets scarcer.<\/p>\n \u201cSmart is all about better living, more opportunities, and stronger communities.\u201d It should be like \u201cfor the people\u201d and \u201cby the people.\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n The journey to Smart Nation doesn\u2019t welcome laggards in exploiting technology.\u00a0The harnessing activities of infocomm media include three strategic thrusts. (i) Better capitalization on data, advanced communications and computational technologies, (ii) Nurturing an infocomm media ecosystem, which encourages risk-taking and constant experimentation, and most importantly (iii) Connecting the people.<\/p>\n \u201cSmart Nations is about turning words and desires to productive ACTIONS in fewer time.\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n Smart Nation is a nationwide and government effort. Although, it is no mean feat, but it doesn\u2019t means that we keep ourselves impaired of fun along the expedition. In fact, Smart can be creative, and even playful! We can bring upon effective changes with our creativity and imagination.<\/p>\n \u201cSmart Nation can be a result of technology blended in Creativity.\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n Imagine a street post directing you to your destination! Sounds weird, but what if we mix such playful ideas with technology to serve the people? For instance, if such speaking or guiding street posts are ever invented, this will encourage people to interact with systems they take for granted and will look their surroundings dutifully.<\/p>\n Be an active participant of making your country a Smart Nation, regardless of who you are and what your do. Give your ideas and share them with all. It\u2019s not only about being techy, be creative and change the world!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The waves of being \u201cSmart Nation\u201d are flowing throughout the globe. But, is being just a \u201ctech-savvy\u201d is what all completes the definition of a \u201cSmart Nation\u201d? Here\u2019s what the \u201cFestival of Technology\u201d has defined it in a new way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,30,34,9,1,4],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-1476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-cyber-security","category-data-backup","category-singapore","category-tech","category-technology","tag-techy"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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