ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,081, issued on June 3.

"Smart modular street and sidewalk" was invented by Guillermo David Simovich (Aventura, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular system for streets formed of a top module, a bottom module, an internal cavity formed within the bottom module, cables positioned within said bottom module, a computing device, sensors operatively associated with said computing device, and communications hardware configured to communicate information from said sensors to a second computing device positioned exterior to said modular system."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/201,720.

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