The future, complete with interconnected and coordinated utilities and buildings, can help people live better. Whether it's managing a city's power supply or the flow of traffic, mitigating for burst pipes or improving delivery service accuracy, smart cities are the next big leap in fundamentally reimagining how we live. And this future is closer than you might expect.

In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to data enthusiast Ty Tucker about the possibilities--and risks--of the smart world before us.