Waltonchain subsidiary, City Link just updated their website.. and there is something very juicy that's been added...We all know that Waltonchain has successfully launched a smart waste solution for Xiamen in partnership with China Telecom (link). What we did not know, were details about the solution regarding the usage of the collected data. My assumption was that it would be stored in an "AI data hub" for automated data analytics, etc. But clearly, I should have let my imagination run wild.Waltonchain seems to have a social reward system built into this new "Smart Waste Classification Solution." This is the same solution which won the Outstanding Product award at the Global IoT Summit 2017, which was presented at the 2018 China IoT CEO Thousand Conference. Other awards for IoT products were won by Alibaba, Microsoft, and China Telecom for reference of how big this is. Here are a few excerpts from the link if you can't translate it:Smart waste classification solution -City Union’s smart waste classification solution adopts the technology and concept of combining the Internet of things with the Internet and the administration and market, assisting government functional units to effectively implement intelligent management of waste classification and reduction, and building a real-time, long-term operational mechanism for cities. Innovations and upgrades in the classification and decrement of household waste provide an entirely new model.The "Smart Waste Classification" solution is a new type of urban public service outsourcing program, "socialization + precision supervision + self-help incentive + reservation recovery". The system adopts the intelligent networking equipment of the Internet of Things and the management application platform based on the blockchain technology architecture to ensure that the implementation of the scheme is highly efficient, secure, and reliable.And here are some more specific examples that they provide to explain the incentive program built in to this application:Classification points directly to the award (mall + reward cabinet) -- The reward mechanism is visible and easily exchangeable, and the resident's participation enthusiasm is effectively enhanced by the traditional method of manual exchange under the pure line (blockchain technology is used to ensure that points and redemption data can be traced retroactively)Garbage classification precise management: tracking to the bag, responsible for the source can be chasedAccurate rewards and penalties for random sampling at any time: improving the participation rate and accuracy of waste classification for residentsBlockchain technology system architecture: data can not be tampered with, eliminate fraud, ensure high security of work data, resident data, performance assessment data.What does this mean?Waltonchain is partnering with the government to establish social incentives -- specifically, reward points (exchangeable city tokens, I think) -- in order to improve citizen participation and enthusiasm in the waste disposal process. That is something I never really thought would happen. Imagine a society where the citizens are enthusiastic about properly disposing of their trash (separating items, recycling, etc.), because they will get rewarded from it, financially. This is the beginning of tomorrow's smart cities. This is the future happening right in front of our eyes. If you can make me excited about trash disposal with reward incentives, you can make me excited about limiting power and water usage, riding a bike to work, growing my own food, etc. This is about saving the fucking planet guys. Lowering our carbon footprint is the only way to fight climate change, and we need to do it immediately! Waltonchain is going to be at the helm of the global eco-revolution, and as we can clearly see, the future has arrived in Xiamen, China. What a time to be alive!
Submitted May 01, 2018 at 09:19PM
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