Artificial Intelligence, IoT To Aid Puerto Rico In Rebuilding After Hurricane MARIA

Puerto Rico’s governor said Monday that he hopes a new technology center can help U.S. territory incorporate artificial intelligence and internet -connected devices as it rebuilds from Hurricane Maria.

Governor Ricardo Rossello said lab located in norrn city of Bayamon will be completed in four months and will be run by a local company, Engine-4. It will receive resources and help from companies including Intel, AT&T, IBM, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.

“ opportunities are enormous,” he said. “It allows us to take se ideas and give m shape.”

He said Intel will create an innovation center within lab to focus on artificial intelligence technology, “internet of things” devices and drones.

Rossello said he expects some projects will help create “smart cities” with features that might include technologies to detect flooding in event of a storm, ding that lab will be open to high school and university students.

Construction of lab comes as Puerto Rico continues to rebuild from a dely Category 4 storm that hit in September 2017 and caused more than an estimated $100 billion in damage.

“This is what’s going to help us move forward,” said Glorimar Ripoll, Puerto Rico’s chief innovation officer.

city of Bayamon is investing nearly $560,000 to build lab, along with $250,000 in incentives from Puerto Rico’s Department of Economic and Commercial Development, plus $50,000 donated by Puerto Rico’s Science, Technology & Research Trust and $48,000 in incentives from AT&T.

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