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Open data sensor network in Chicago, in attractive packaging. I wonder if we could do something like this here in Toronto? 

They're on Twitter @arrayofthings.

What if a light pole told you to watch out for an icy patch of sidewalk ahead? What if an app told you the most populated route for a late-night walk to the El station by yourself? What if you could get weather and air quality information block-by-block, instead of city-by-city?

The Array of Things (AoT) is a network of interactive, modular sensor boxes around Chicago collecting real-time data on the city’s environment, infrastructure, and activity for research and public use.

…Sensors in the first prototype units are aimed primarily at understanding atmosphere, air quality, and environmental factors: temperature, humidity, light, carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and vibration. Additional environmental sensors including Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Ozone (O3), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Sulfur Oxides, and Particulate Matter are being evaluated for the first prototypes as well. Precipitation and wind measurements will be added later.

Three sensors are affected by human activity. A sound sensor will collect data on ambient volume -- the level of noise at the node. An infrared camera, pointed at nearby sidewalk and roads, collects surface temperature information. A wireless network can count the number of Bluetooth- or WiFi-enabled devices in the vicinity of the node, as a proxy for pedestrian traffic. None of these sensors will collect or record any personal or identifying information.

…All data will be published with multiple updates per minute, openly and at no cost, following the City of Chicago's established practice that data about the city is not monetized but is provided as a public utility.

me abrace e não solte mais não quero que os dias passem ou o tempo siga preciso ficar contigo por mais um minuto um que dure a eternidade