Smart cities, smart living?

Newcastle University's Urban Observatory gathers huge amounts of data on everything from flooding to air pollution, traffic flows and even the behaviour of bees so that informed decisions can be made for the city’s development. It is the densest sensor deployment in the UK and probably the largest set of open real time environmental monitoring data in the world. Lindsay will wax lyrical on air monitoring and show how anyone can access and use the observatories data

Helen and Erin will take you through some of the newest technologies and explain how they are being used to bring benefits to society. Find out how blockchain is allowing refugees with a secure way to prove their identities and access vital support, how artificial intelligence is allowing the blind to understand their surroundings, ways in which virtual reality is helping to challenge gender bias and how quantum is being used to promote the development of electric vehicles.