E JAYASHREE KURUP YOU BEGIN YOUR WORKING DAY IN A high-density Indian city. You login to the city transport planning website and feed your proposed road usage for the day. The website gives you the best routes for the day and even advises you if the couple of meetings planned are in a high-tension or overcrowded place with road blocks in place for the day. You may even decide to convert a few physical meetings into virtual ones. You plan an efficient private-plus-public transport usage to optimise the use of time and energy without compromising the quality of the ride, in some cases public transport enhancing the experience on the road. At office, the intelligent building reduces the energy you use by allowing optimum light into your workspace, recycling your water and even creating an intelligent system that uses the shadows on the building to reduce the heat in the building and, therefore, the amount of energy used to cool it. Now, let