The City of Chicago has an initiative called the “ Array of Things ,” a massive open data effort relying on sensors to turn Chicago into “ the most data-driven government in the world ,” according to former Mayor Rahm Emanuel .
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These large-scale innovations offer the promise of a safer and more efficient way of life for citizens .
Yet with this new flow of information comes millions of small devices using agency networks to communicate and share information .
We ’ ve moved beyond the quaint “ bring your own device ” trend into a world where government workers use an endless sea of technologies , from smartwatches to smartphones , all of which
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( The Array of
Things project in Chicago , led by the University of
Chicago , Argonne
National Laboratory , the Computation Institute , and the School of the Art
Institute
Chicago , is installing hundreds of sensors across the city , in hopes of providing a new breed of data-fueled urban planning
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