LuxTurrim5G ecosystem projects are proceeding on a wide front. The new version of a modular smart pole came just out from the factory and several different service pilots are being done during the Spring. The smart city pilot environment around Nokia Campus got also new visual outlook just recently with 9 info signs mounted to give basic information on the project to visitors, including also data privacy. In addition, a digital twin built of the pilot area gives us a lot of new opportunities for the service development and urban planning.
The LuxTurrim5G smart city pilot environment around Nokia Campus in Espoo, Finland serves as a test bed for a variety of service pilots. Our project partners are working hands-on to develop need-based solutions to several challenges faced by cities. The themes include e.g. situational awareness, public safety, energy efficiency, autonomous driving, sustainable logistics and healthy environments. The pilot environment consisting of 19 smart poles, two smart and safe bus stops, drones and autonomous vehicles brings together fast millimetre wave 5G and a rich sensor network with more than 250 connected IoT devices. Combined with a secure data platform this enables development of a variety of data-driven services for real needs of cities.
New modular pre-commercial smart pole ready
A new version of the LuxTurrim5G smart pole was recently manufactured by Tehomet and Orbis and installed in the pilot environment this week. The key feature of this “version 4” smart pole is modularity. It has been designed and built so that new sensors and other devices can be added or changed easily when needed. Modularity serves also both manufacturing and development of different products for the smart pole family. This pre-commercial version is seen as a major milestone towards commercial applications.
Installation of the new Smart Pole in Kera, Espoo
Digital twin of the smart city pilot environment alive
We have also just recently built a digital twin of the pilot environment. This is of course an important tool for smart city planning, but much more than that. It allows rich testing of many functionalities of the network and serves well our joint development of service concepts. Linking the physical and digital world is a fascinating opportunity. End of last year our partners at Aalto University Design Factory completed an extensive design work regarding smart poles and other infra elements, so called smart urban furniture, altogether more than 50 product concepts. These were embedded also in a virtual smart city environment using virtual reality tools. These virtual tools are essential elements helping visualization, city and network planning of the city, and service development.
“We have had several meetings with cities both in Finland and abroad to understand their current and future needs. LuxTurrim5G ecosystem is preparing holistically for practical implementations of smart pole networks and digital related services. In addition to technical achievement and business model development, a lot of effort has been put also on data privacy to make sure all use cases we develop are built on a solid basis”, says Project Director Joni Turunen from Spinverse.
Webinar “Building the digital backbone for smart and sustainable cities”
April 7th at 10-12 EET
Join our free virtual event and learn about the unique LuxTurrim5G smart city pilot environment, keynotes giving insights on smart city activities of Nokia and Vaisala and highlights of ongoing service pilots regarding autonomous driving, sustainable logistics, energy efficiency, public safety and situational awareness. Register here by April 5th