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Impact of COVID-19 on IoT Adoption in Healthcare, Smart Homes, Smart Buildings, Smart Cities, Transportation and Industrial IoT

Posted on 11 June 202111 June 2021 by Danai Toursoglou Papalexandridou in Publications on Intelligent Cities / Smart Cities

In this paper, the authors discuss the potential impact of COVID-19 on the adoption of IoT in different sectors namely healthcare, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, transportation and industrial IoT. The changes in policies, priorities and activities that followed the pandemic are analyzed as a catalyst for technology and innovation. Continue reading →

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The URBAN AND REGIONAL INNOVATION Research (URENIO) is a university lab within the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, established in 1995.

Research at the laboratory explores two fundamental questions: (1) Which technologies and innovations can improve cities and optimise their performance? (2) How do cities generate new technologies and innovations?

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