How Colorado Springs is becoming a smart city

• The city of Colorado Springs is turning into a "smart city."
• There are smart trash cans, streetlights, and more innovative tech installed throughout the city.
• The smart tech is hidden in plain sight, so most residents won't even notice.
• This article is part of "5G Playbook," a series exploring one of our time's most important tech innovations.

Just five years after announcing an initiative to become a "smart city," Colorado Springs is well on its way to achieving that goal. Thanks to the advent of faster and stronger 5G networks, Colorado Springs has implemented several pieces of innovative technology to improve the daily lives of its residents in a sustainable and more efficient way. Some of these technologies are hidden in plain sight, so most residents won't even know they exist. And that's the point. We got an inside look at how Colorado Springs is becoming a smart city.

This video is part of "5G Playbook," a series exploring one of our time's most important tech innovations.