Twenty years ago, when Stephen Spielberg began adapting Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report for the big screen, he assembled the biggest thinkers in science and technology to help him envision the cities of the future. The movie version of Washington, DC, in 2025 was dark, to be sure, but its residents also enjoyed the conveniences brought by intelligent digital technologies such as driverless cars, retina-scanning personalized advertisements, and voice-controlled homes.
Two decades ago, those technologies seemed impossibly futuristic, but many are common today: gesture-controlled computers, targeted web ads, and refrigerators that will order milk when you run out.
Today, smart buildings know where you live, what your schedule is, and even how much sugar you like in your coffee. As buildings and cities become smarter and more autonomous, the tools used to design, manage, and maintain them are, too.
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