On Monday, August 4 at 12:30pm ET:
A new initiative in Chicago will attach as many as 50 sensors to downtown light poles to collect data ranging from humidity to noise level to air quality. It’s part of a long term project that aims to wire the whole city, including potentially underground, to track pedestrian movements. Researchers say it will enhance city planning, and the data will be available on Chicago’s open data website, a service some are saying will be a great way for the city to “learn more about itself”. What are the benefits, implications and concerns? Also, we discuss draft legislation which would allow family members to access the social media accounts of deceased loved ones. We examine who has the right to our digital lives after we die? We have the co-founder of Fundrise booked and we’ll be discussing how citizens are taking control of their own cities and urban planning by funding small businesses overlooked by larger lending institutions.
On this episode of The Stream, we're joined by:
John Tolva @JohnTolva
President, PositivEnergy Practice
ascentstage.com
Charlie Catlett @CeC
Computer scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
Ben Orzeske
Legislative Counsel, Uniform Law Commission
uniformlaws.org
Carl Szabo @CarlSzabo
Policy Counsel, NetChoice
netchoice.org
Dan Miller @dan_miller
Co-Founder, Fundrise
fundrise.com
Micah Lubens
Investor in Fundrise
Justin Brookman @JustinBrookman
Director of Consumer Privacy, Center for Democracy & Technology
cdt.org
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