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Saudi Arabia's NEOM smart city project has gotten a lot of attention lately, but Japan has a handful of smart cities in development that are every bit as innovative and weird and... maybe problematic? Especially a project called The Woven City by Toyota. Let's take a look at them.

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LINKS LINKS LINKS
neom.com/en-us
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ageing-and-health
nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02218-5
inrix.com/scorecard
theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/11/positively-alpine-disbelief-air-pollution-falls-lockdown-coronavirus
cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/air_pollution.htm
thediplomat.com/2019/11/how-does-japans-aging-society-affect-its-economy
tokyoesque.com/smart-cities-in-japan/#Companies_Building_Smart_Cities_in_Japan
global.nissannews.com/en/releases/release-45822a26abbf59dfdcc394eac9030961-211222-02-e
openinnovation.epson.com/en/aict
business.inquirer.net/378061/samurai-city-turns-smart
https://global.toyota/en/company/messages-from-executives/details/
waymo.com
ltad.com/about/waymo-zones.html
https://www.woven-city.global/downloads/WovenCity_leaf_1024_en.pdf
https://www.woven-planet.global/en/news-release/20220323/1y93iGergkoCxKn8DbpN1u
https://www.woven-city.global/services/
pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-research-institute-showcases-latest-robotics-research-aimed-at-amplifying-human-ability-in-the-home
google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=%22smart+city%22+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fohchr.org%2F&dlnr=1&sei=PI_SY7rwOZeg5NoPxayPEA#dlnr=1&ip=1
ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Privacy/SR_Privacy/EOM_Statement_SRP_South_Korean.docx
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-26/a-city-tailor-made-for-self-driving-cars-toyota-is-building-one
redseaglobal.com/en/our-projects/the-red-sea
iotworldtoday.com/smart-cities/peachtree-corners-smart-city-usa
curiositylabptc.com
https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-the-luster-is-fading-on-once-vaunted-smart-cities
technologyreview.com/2022/06/29/1054005/toronto-kill-the-smart-city
surfacemag.com/articles/toronto-quayside-smart-cities

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
3:36 - SSTs
4:36 - Akio Toyoda
5:43 - Woven City
6:49 - Hydrogen Fuel Cells
7:27 - Health Monitoring
10:00 - Progress and Funding
13:20 - Sponsor - Brilliant