IBM is opening a Smarter Infrastructure Lab at Carnegie Mellon University to develop sensors and systems to monitor the state of infrastructure. The intent is to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other urban infrastructure. The software and systems will be tuned to process, monitor and analyze the data from sensors for more holistic management of utilities and municipalities.
The lab will include a multidisciplinary team from engineering, architecture, public policy and business. IBM is contributing an undisclosed sum to launch the lab as well as expertise from their research department and hardware and software. The lab receives a $1 million boost from a Pennsylvania stimulus project called the Smart Infrastructure Incubator that aims to develop new infrastructure technology. The $2.2 million lab is under construction now, and will be in operation by the end of the year.
Read more in this feature from The Financial.
