The walls—or lamp posts, at least—have ears. Chicago is rolling out some new street furniture, and it will be able to measure air quality, monitor noise and even count pedestrians.
The Chicago Tribune explains that the “curled metal fixtures” will appear on Michigan Avenue lamp posts as soon as July, and will measure air quality, light intensity, sound volume, heat, precipitation, and wind. They’ll also monitor cell phone traffic to count the number of people passing by.
via Gizmodo
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