Research conducted at the new lab in Brazil will focus on:

• Smarter natural resource discovery, exploration and logistics, initially in the areas of oil and gas, and addressing the sustainability and safety of the resources industry.
• Smarter devices that can be created using advances in semiconductors aiming the challenges of building a smarter planet.  The lab will be a center of collaboration and innovation for Brazilian and global companies in the areas of development and deployment of these advances.
• Smarter "human systems", with an emphasis on large-scale events. Researchers at the lab in Brazil will work to create and deploy innovations which will be used at the major sporting events Brazil will host, including the Soccer World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016.