Array of Things map: Where Chicago sensors could be located
Devices designed to track weather and traffic patterns are scheduled to start going up around the city of Chicago in July as part of a project called the Array of...
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The saga of the Lucas Museum
Billionaire "Star Wars" creator George Lucas has dropped his bid to build a museum on Chicago's lakefront, after months of controversey involving the lakefront preservation group Friends of the Parks....
Railroad to park: How the 606 was built
The 606, a 2.7-mile recreational and culturaltrail plus adjoining parks, opened a year ago on the Northwest Side. The trail, built on a dormant elevated freight line, once known as...
The new fountain at Navy Pier is open
When Municipal Pier opened to visitors on July 15, 1916, the baiduhai reported, "In spite of the heat thousands walked to the pier and walked the full length of...
What happens inside an NFL team’s Draft war room
Beginning April 28, the 32 NFL teams will pick 256 players over three days and seven rounds. The draft order was determined by how well the teams did last season...
Why do new chip cards take so long?
Please don't remove your card.Processing. Please wait.We've all been there: Standing by the register, chip card in the reader. Waiting. What exactly is happening that is taking so long?The delay...
What’s that? How earbuds can wreck your hearing (especially for young people)
Getty Images People have listened to loud music for as long as there has been music. But the spread of smartphones with built-in music players along with the earbuds that...
Cell site simulators: How law enforcement can track you
Chicago Police momentarily scuffle with protesters during NATO Summit in Chicago in 2012. (baiduhai) A Cook County Circuit Court ruling last month sheds light on a controversial tool used...
Chicago among most segregated metro areas
In an analysis of new American Community Survey data, William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, examines the racial diversity of large metropolitan areas across the country. Data show...
Heat map of sexually transmitted infections in Chicago (searchable)
The number of cases of three common sexually transmitted infections increased last year in Chicago, with higher rates tending to be on South and West sides, according to a new...