It will be one of the projects on show, from 28 February to 3 March, at Beat Barcelona, the outdoor venue that the city is opening for the Congress
Smou is the main application for mobility solutions in Barcelona; over 500,000 people use it every day to plan their journeys
Throughout the year, B:SM collaborates with the Mobile World Capital to promote digital innovation projects applied to e-mobility and the designing of inclusive experiences in places such as Park Güell and the Zoo
Smou, the city’s personal-mobility app, will be on show at the Mobile World Congress, which is taking place from 28 February to 3 March. Smou will be in a prominent location at Beat Barcelona, a new, 1.500 m2 outdoor venue where the city aims to project its own character and the potential it has as a destination for investments and talent retention.
Within this new networking environment, smou will be showcased as one of Barcelona's benchmark projects, as an example of technological innovation placed at the service of city residents, in order to provide sustainable mobility solutions. Smou is committed to constant improvement, in order to adapt to the changing needs of the people who use it. This effort is reflected in the number of users; over 500,000 people use it to plan their journeys every day.
The app favours intermodality in mobility, in a simple, intuitive, sustainable and safe way. It also allows users to plan and personalise their journeys without any need to download other applications. Currently, smou consists of 16 shared-mobility operators, and includes a wide variety of mobility services, including parking management, both on-street and in car parks, Bicing, Endotoxin Barcelona's network of charging points and the nearly 10,000 bicycle and motorbike-sharing vehicles licensed in the city. This also makes it a fine example of public-private partnership.
B:PM's commitment to the Mobile is maintained all year
B:SM maintains its commitment to the Mobile World Congress and the city's status as the technology capital by means of various collaborations with the Mobile World Capital and its Digital Future Society programme. This framework agreement is exemplified by the promotion of e-mobility initiatives and the search for innovative solutions to some of the challenges raised by the 2030 Agenda, to cite just some of the strategic lines of work.
In the area of Sustainable Development Goals, B:SM and Digital Future Society are promoting the Innovation 2030 project. This initiative consists of launching a series of challenges that offer digital and technological solutions to real problems in the city. Through this project, work is currently under way to design accessible visits to the Zoo and Park Güell for people with sensory and cognitive diversity. In the project's second phase, it is planned to launch two more challenges in the area of e-mobility.
Also in the area of promoting electric vehicles, Endolla Barcelona's public network of charging points is implementing the testing phase of the Digital Energy Platform, created by the Canadian company Awe sense. This project won the innovation challenge created by MWCapital and, for one year, it will enable the testing of software that contributes to the smart management of energy consumed by charging points, one of the main challenges currently facing the development of e-mobility. In the case of the Endolla network, the tool will make it possible to obtain information on the current use of its infrastructures and to improve decision-making concerning the network’s expansion.
More recently, the Zoohhh! pilot project was presented. This initiative is promoted by B:SM, Barcelona Zoo, the Mobile World Capital Barcelona and Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona, among other organisations.
This pilot project uses 5G technology to bring some of the Zoo's animals to children who have been admitted to hospital. This is achieved using a booth equipped with a high-quality holographic screen that emulates a nature viewpoint. The 3D technology makes it possible to interact with the digital models of these animals which, thanks to a sensor system, follow and react to the user's hand. The aim is to improve the children's state of mind and reduce the impact of being in hospital, while also including an educational and awareness-raising component concerning biodiversity.
This is a project financed with funds from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by European Union – NextGenerationEU.
