Julio Gil: Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere
חוליו גיל: טכנולוגיית העתיד תתן לכם את יתרונות חיי העיר בכל מקום
UPS's Julio Gil thinks that technology is flipping the equation on future cities, and that rural may soon become the new urban. Full bio
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of the world's population lives in cities.
חיה בערים.
started in the late 1700s
will live in cities
the World Health Organization,
for the increased density,
like inequality, congestion, crime
and city developers
denser, bigger cities.
reaching the end of its cycle,
moving back to the countryside.
"But what about the trend?"
is to live in a farm and have cattle,
the urbanization process.
can also bring the end of this cycle.
להביא את סופו של המחזור הזה.
for most of my career.
with 3D printers and smart glasses,
מדפסות 3D, ומשקפיים חכמים,
but also prototypes.
אלא גם מסוג אב טיפוס.
that will radically change
to enjoy the benefits of city life
מהיתרונות של חיי העיר
with a lower crime rate
people moved to the cities
you could have in a city,
are starting to realize
and being in the office
by Global Workplace Analytics,
would like to work from home.
היו רוצים לעבוד מהבית.
for a company to even have an office?
even 50 percent of the time,
would exceed 500 billion dollars,
by 54 million tons.
ב-54 מיליון טון.
off the streets for a whole year.
מהכבישים, במשך שנה שלמה.
would want to telework,
היו רוצים לעבוד מהבית,
makes the experience isolating.
עושה את החוויה למבודדת.
environment everywhere with you.
סביבת משרדכם איתכם לכל מקום.
a pair of smart glasses,
and your spreadsheets
והגליונות האלקטרוניים
have become very common these days,
on a flat screen,
even know who is talking.
way better than static videocalls:
משיחות וידאו סטטיות:
communication is nonverbal?
give you any of that.
in a nice hologram
and moves like a person.
and that will feel so real,
why people move to cities?
of their retail purchases online,
הקמעונאיות שלהם באינטרנט,
at two trillion dollars.
by the end of 2017,
to a shopping mall is easy.
and take it home themselves.
וייקחו אותם הביתה בעצמם.
having a birthday party for 20 people
מסיבת יום הולדת ל-20 אנשים
in the countryside,
באזורים הכפריים,
between one address and the next one.
קילומטרים בין כתובת אחת לאחרת.
deliveries of all.
back and forth from the truck as it moves.
מהמשאית בזמן שהיא נוסעת.
for delivery is reduced,
in the countryside.
באזורים הכפריים.
a drone pod in the yard.
is not a problem,
to buy things anymore.
כדי לקנות דברים.
why people move to cities?
אנשים עוברים לערים?
in the city for that these days.
they chat, gossip and flirt
active social media users in the world.
במדיה החברתית בעולם.
like we are connected
שאנחנו מחוברים
some real human contact.
לאיזה מגע אנושי אמיתי.
with its population density,
עם צפיפות האוכלוסייה,
נעשות קטנות יותר,
service companies will thrive.
חברות שירות, ישגשגו.
workers from the cities
and waste recycling utilities,
and using it to also power the family car.
ומשתמשים בה עבור המכונית המשפחתית.
as being more energy-efficient,
can be eco too.
יכול להיות אקולוגי גם כן.
of all the advantages of country living.
של החיים בכפר.
we packed our stuff,
ארזנו את החפצים שלנו,
we bought a house with a garden
singing in the morning.
not really the countryside yet.
לא באמת אזור כפרי עדיין.
to have a good spot for drones to land.
למזל"טים לנחות.
like I'm trying to convince somebody
the same benefits the city has.
להיות להם אותן היתרונות שיש לעיר.
recover a better flow and balance.
לחזור למצב מאוזן יותר.
you have some thinking to do.
יש לכם על מה לחשוב.
you need to live in the city?
שאתם צריכים לחיות בעיר?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julio Gil - Logistics expertUPS's Julio Gil thinks that technology is flipping the equation on future cities, and that rural may soon become the new urban.
Why you should listen
Julio Gil is an Industrial Engineering Manager in the Innovation and Advanced Technology Group at UPS Corporate. Gil has spent 15 years driving innovation and logistics improvements at UPS. He is always looking for the next great disruptive technology. As an engineering manager, he has pioneered new technologies for drones, 3D printing, the Internet of Things and wearables. As an inventor, he has developed four patents for drone technology and one for augmented reality applications for sorting processes. Gil holds a master's in law from the University of Alcalá de Henares in Spain.
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