IoT and A Sustainable City

Abstract IoT, Internet of Things, is a foundation for connecting things, sensors, actuators, and other smart technologies, thus enabling person-to-object and object-to-object communications. It is a hot point of research and development after internet. Its applications are concerned to smart transportation, intelligent shopping, smart product management, smart meters, home automation, waste management, sustainable urban environment, continuous care and so on. With the IoT, the resources, energy and environment for cities will be managed availably and profitably. In this paper, IoT and the bicycle sharing system, an example, are discussed. With the bicycle sharing system, the transportation of a city will be the more green and convenient. Therefore, IoT may become an important role in a sustainable and smart city.