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We are standing in front of a huge bank of screens, in the middle of which is a glowing map that changes focus depending on what the dozens controllers are looking at.
The room looks like something straight out of a NASA shuttle launch. The men and women manning the floor are dressed in identical white jump suits. With a flick of a mouse, they scroll through dozens of streaming video images coming into the center.
This is Rio de Janeiro in real time.
"This whole building is based on technology and integration," said Pedro Junquiera, the chief executive officer of the Rio Operations Center.
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