webfact Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 File photo By Jonathan Fairfield Hua Hin Municipality has revealed plans to install multifunctional smart lamp posts throughout the city. The smart lamp posts, also known as ‘smart poles’, are part of a major technology drive in accordance with the municipality’s Smart City initiative. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The lamp posts are equipped with a variety of sensors and CCTV cameras and will be connected to data networks and 5G. They can also be used to collect air quality, traffic flow and weather data. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/local-news/hua-hin-to-install-smart-lamp-posts-in-new-tech-drive/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-04-11 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobsworth Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Could that be Venus in the background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted April 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2022 The problem with "smart" anything in LoS is that it pretty soon becomes "dumb" due to poor installation followed by lack of maintenance / repair ???? Anyone remember the "smart taxi stops" (scrapped in 2019 without ever going fully live)? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlyai Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Polititians love big projects. By the time the top is skimmed of, no money left for maintanance. Never changes; that's the way it's always been done. Take our irrigation klongs. Weeds grow and resist the flow of water, but we can't clean out the weeds as then there will be no weeds and no money allocated to clean out the weeds. "Is Major Major in?" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Do they come with crash barriers at the base .................LOL 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 3 hours ago, webfact said: Hua Hin Municipality has revealed plans to install multifunctional smart lamp posts throughout the city. Made of rubber by any chance? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHuaHin Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 2 hours ago, jobsworth said: Could that be Venus in the background? It could be, depending on when the picture was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jollyhangmon Posted April 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2022 ... agreed, 'smart' lamp posts would make lotsa sense if they're smart enough to, well, sort of step aside as soon as your next best driver is about to wrap themselves around them ... now, bring that one on, 555 ... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted April 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2022 Smart post's ......they get out of the way when they see an out of control truck speeding towards them. regards worgeordie 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 No mention of cost, they look very Expensive with all that tech, so a good commission rate for some, and still have to be hard wired for EV charging. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Can we request they install smart traffic lights instead of the one's on timers designed in the early 1900's or even worse monkey in a box design from the 1800's? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted April 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2022 Thailand's obsession with "being smart" has now reached lamp posts. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, Venom said: Can we request they install smart traffic lights instead of the one's on timers designed in the early 1900's or even worse monkey in a box design from the 1800's? It's been tried at least twice, the BiB decided they could do a better job of creating jams and disabled it within a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTB1977 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Well at least there won't be any police stops along those streets with cctv and all. Hard to collect fines when the cameras are watching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxx Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Venom said: Can we request they install smart traffic lights Even better, they could synchronise traffic lights so that traffic can flow freely through consecutive junctions. I've also never understood why Bangkok traffic lights have such ridiculously long delays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 A smart lamp post is one that will jump out of the way when a Thai driver gets too close to it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxx Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, actonion said: A smart lamp post is one that will jump out of the way when a Thai driver gets too close to it As opposed to the current "dumb" lamp posts which have a habit of jumping out in front of cars and motorcycles - particularly if they detect the driver/rider is drunk. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 I think the the cresent is too small to be the moon, and the outer planet Uranus is too far away. Good quality photo. Could be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trvlr55 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 5 hours ago, Geoffggi said: Do they come with crash barriers at the base .................LOL Maybe they're smart enough to move out of the way when a driver "microsleeps" and heads directly for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoguy21 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 There was silly mw thing "smart" meant the poles could jump out of the way of drunk drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 7 hours ago, Crossy said: Anyone remember the "smart taxi stops" (scrapped in 2019 without ever going fully live)? Anecdote. Back in the 1990’s we were working in Ankara, Turkey. At the time hailing a cab wasn’t permitted, you had to call. Anyway, one lunchtime we were sitting outside a nice little cafe with a coffee when a couple of locals wandered up with a reel of cable and a bell push. They proceded to screw the bell push to a tree and string the cable from assorted branches. Odd we thought. Some time later we were outside another lunch cafe when a lady with shopping came along, located a similar bell push (on a light pole this time) and pushed it. A few seconds later a taxi screeched round the corner and picked her up. The 1990s Turkish version of Uber. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mywayboy Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 They coming with concrete barriers around them & of course underground power supply. Maybe real smart with solar power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Crossy said: They proceded to screw the bell push to a tree and string the cable from assorted branches. Had some of those in Samut Prakan on a Soi, I was staying in for M/C taxis 15+ years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlyai Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 5 hours ago, Crossy said: It's been tried at least twice, the BiB decided they could do a better job of creating jams and disabled it within a few days. Yep, the Japanese designed a Bangkok traffic lights system, but never really tried, if I remember. Some mob also did calculations about Bankok's pollution and recommended that the pollution due to traffic could be greatly reduced by installing all the bus and truck exausts vertically upwards. Never tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 10 minutes ago, carlyai said: Yep, the Japanese designed a Bangkok traffic lights system, but never really tried, if I remember. Some mob also did calculations about Bankok's pollution and recommended that the pollution due to traffic could be greatly reduced by installing all the bus and truck exausts vertically upwards. Never tried. Peek Traffic (a UK company) actually installed a system in 1994. https://www.academia.edu/11604715/ASSESSMENT_OF_AREA_TRAFFIC_CONTROL_SYSTEM_IN_BANGKOK_BY_THE_MICROSCOPIC_SIMULATION_MODEL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 15 hours ago, jobsworth said: Could that be Venus in the background? I doubt it. Venus is never that clear from where I live and I have zero light pollution. Difficult to tell it from a star with the naked eye. Looks more like the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felt 35 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 ???? but using some spare baht to clear walk pats for grass, sand and garbage is not high-tech enough ???? Felt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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