Armed with a $22.5 million grant, a consortium of stakeholders in New York City is working on the nation’s first city-based wireless testbed. The hope is that this faster Internet connectivity will in turn create a localized proving ground for next generation innovation and technology applications. The resultant platform, which has been named COSMOS, will be based in Harlem, and its creation is being led by academic institutions in the New York area, the principals being Rutgers University, Columbia University and New York University.