About me Background & introduction • Born in Rome • Live in Milan • Management engineering @ Polimi Smart devices in Milan are… trash 4 prerequisites: • • • • Sensing Communication Computing Actuation Example: smart dumpsters How to use a smart dumpster • WEEE1 • Health insurance card usage is registered • Works the same way everywhere in Italy Bologna Milan Rimini Verona 1:WEEE=waste electrical and electronic equipment Tech for the user • Health insurance card is read by a scanner • The dumpster connects to a server on the internet to check it and it opens • Usage is memorized and a receipt is released to the user Tech for the company • It has sensors to monitor its capacity • If it is full or broken it contacts the base of operation through wireless communication