The document discusses Intel's Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities (ICRI Cities) and its goals of using technology to enhance quality of life, create economic opportunities, and improve environmental well-being in cities. It highlights several projects ICRI Cities is incubating, including using crowd-sourced sensor networks to monitor city environments, creating an open data platform for schools, and exploring business models for future cities. The overall aim of ICRI Cities is to deliver research on how connectivity and data can address challenges facing urban areas and improve city sustainability.