Brisbane Floods: How Technology Will Help us Survive Next Extreme Weather Event

Conference organiser Dr Piet Filet of the QUT Business School said an extreme weather event of a similar scale to the 2011 floods was inevitable and forward planning needed to start

A major flood is on the way down Brisbane River and the fridge tells us the groceries being home-delivered will be coming with extra disaster management supplies.

As the coffee is percolating, the machine reminds us what our priorities are for the next few days and tells us to check on our family and friends, while our electric cars and traffic lights connect to the cloud, communicating our movements to government agencies and emergency services.

These were the predictions presented to the 2036 "Flood Hypothetical" conference at the Queensland University of Technology by Dr Amisha Mehta of the university's Centre for Emergency and Disaster Management, and Professor Axel Bruns.

"In 2036, the way we interact with technology will be very different [and] what will be interesting is whether privacy is still important to us, and on what level," Dr Mehta said.

Source: Brisbane Times