City Launches Project To Make Your Data More Useful Day To Day

City Launches Project To Make Your Data More Useful Day To Day

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What if you knew the most populated route for a late night walk? Or which areas to avoid during bad weather? 

Chicago’s new project Array of Things is hoping to provide residents with that information and more. The urban sensing project was scheduled to launch this summer. We talk with Brenna Berman, commissioner of the Department of Innovation and Technology, about the type of data collected and what’s in store for the future of this project.

An earlier version of the copy stated the launch of Array of Things was delayed. It was scheduled to launch this summer.