Close your eyes and imagine a smart city (seriously, no peeking). Describe to me what you see: perhaps a cluster of glass skyscrapers? Endless streams of flashing neon lights? Shiny vehicles flying past? Well, if you did, you probably wouldn’t be the first. The truth, however, is cities don’t need to look like Blade Runner to be ‘smart.’ One of the greatest examples of this is the beautiful city of Barcelona. When you’re walking through the narrow streets of the historic Gothic quarter, or whizzing by one of Gaudí’s psychedelic buildings, ‘smart city solutions’ are probably the furthest thing from…
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