Despite stimulus money, most U.S. bridges might stay dumb.
The 2.9-kilometer Rion-Antirion Bridge in Greece, with its 300 sensors, is a testament to how smart a piece of infrastructure can be. It routinely tells operators when an earthquake, frequent in those parts, or high winds warrant shutting down traffic.
| Published in: | IEEE spectrum 46, 4 (2009). |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |