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CHICAGO TO
INSTALL 500
SENSORS VIA AN
‘ARRAY OF THINGS’
DATA PROJECT
Chicago will install 50 location-based
sensor devices around the city this
summer, and 450 more by the end of
2018. The so-called Array of Things
project will track temperature, air quality,
light, and traffi c data in an effort to
improve urban life conditions, according
to the Chicago Tribune.
Sensors will be installed into streetlight
traffi c signal poles in the downtown Loop
and in a yet to be decided neighborhood.
The devices will be concentrated in areas
facing such problems as poor air quality
and highly fl uctuating temperatures.
The project, a collaboration of the
University of Chicago, Argonne National
Laboratory, and the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago, received a $3.1 million
grant from the National Science Foundation
last September.
Data from the project will be released
to the public via Chicago’s Open Data
platform a few months after the fi rst sensors
are installed. All software, hardware,
parts, and specifi cations will be published
as open source.
The Array of Things website says that
the technology will serve as a “fi tness
tracker” for Chicago, allowing residents to
monitor exposure to air pollutants and fi nd
the least congested travel routes.
More at: www.BDCnetwork.com/ChicagoSensors
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