Julio Gil: Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere
胡里奥·吉尔: 未来科技让城市生活的优势可以在非城市地区实现
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.
世界总人口的一半以上
started in the late 1700s
will live in cities
the World Health Organization,
世界卫生组织
for the increased density,
不加以合理的规划
like inequality, congestion, crime
如不平等 过度拥堵 犯罪等
and city developers
denser, bigger cities.
城市规模更大的建筑蓝图
reaching the end of its cycle,
已经到了一个周期的末尾
moving back to the countryside.
会怎么发展下去
"But what about the trend?"
不会永久发展下去的
这样的生活方式挺好的
is to live in a farm and have cattle,
the urbanization process.
即技术革新
can also bring the end of this cycle.
带我们进入下一阶段
for most of my career.
大部分时间都和创新打交道
with 3D printers and smart glasses,
无人机 3D打印机 还有智能眼镜
but also prototypes.
that will radically change
to enjoy the benefits of city life
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.
for a company to even have an office?
even 50 percent of the time,
would exceed 500 billion dollars,
省下超过5千亿美元
by 54 million tons.
off the streets for a whole year.
would want to telework,
makes the experience isolating.
显得很有隔绝感
environment everywhere with you.
a pair of smart glasses,
and your spreadsheets
have become very common these days,
on a flat screen,
一张张缩小的头像
even know who is talking.
way better than static videocalls:
视频电话更好的沟通方式了
但远不够完美
communication is nonverbal?
give you any of that.
in a nice hologram
穿上全息摄投影人像
and moves like a person.
and that will feel so real,
就能非常成熟
why people move to cities?
还有其他什么原因吗
of their retail purchases online,
at two trillion dollars.
by the end of 2017,
预计在2017年底 这个数字
to a shopping mall is easy.
and take it home themselves.
买上需要的东西带回家
我们需要把货物一件一件
having a birthday party for 20 people
in the countryside,
between one address and the next one.
和另一个地址间开上个几公里
deliveries of all.
back and forth from the truck as it moves.
for delivery is reduced,
in the countryside.
a drone pod in the yard.
is not a problem,
to buy things anymore.
why people move to cities?
第三个原因是什么来着
in the city for that these days.
市里获取社交生活啊
they chat, gossip and flirt
八卦还是调情
active social media users in the world.
活跃的社交网络用户
like we are connected
我们都是联系在一起的
some real human contact.
with its population density,
service companies will thrive.
和服务公司都会发展良好
workers from the cities
只依赖太阳能
and waste recycling utilities,
废物循环系统的房子
and using it to also power the family car.
还能给私家车提供电能
as being more energy-efficient,
在城市生活可以更节能
can be eco too.
of all the advantages of country living.
乡村生活的美好了
we packed our stuff,
we bought a house with a garden
singing in the morning.
not really the countryside yet.
也不完全算是乡村
to have a good spot for drones to land.
选好无人机的降落点
like I'm trying to convince somebody
the same benefits the city has.
城市能提供的好处
recover a better flow and balance.
流动性更好 更加平衡
you have some thinking to do.
you need to live in the city?
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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