THESIS PROTOTYPES CYNTHIA LAWSON

BASAK HAZNEDAROGLU

09.23.2010

technology

urban space people

urban space technology

social interaction

Technology as self expression in urban spaces

My technology = my identity why are we using these specific devices?

How does it affect our social experiences with others?

Serendipity Randomness

As a designer How do I create random occasions that will encourage

communication ?

mobile application to map out the individuals with high gsr

wearable device to calculate the gsr and send it to the

mobile phone

creating a second skin

Why?

data as a content or conversation?

data as a content or conversation?

data data

SOCIAL LIFE OF WIRELESS URBAN SPACE How technology influencing privatism and

participation at the same time? Impacts of wireless Internet use on urban

public spaces?

Majority of wi-fi users used their wireless Internet connection to communicate with social ties that were not physically present (66%).

How can I turn this around?

Yellow chair project by Anab Jain

Inviting strangers from street to use her computer and its wireless open access not only as an access to the internet but

to read or to listen to her "Today's Offer" in the "shared folder"

a 'real world blog space' a territory for conversation between neighbours

Umbrellas.net by Katherine Moriwaki

Communication channels based on the similarity of actions

Causing sudden striking and unexpected connections in the city

ad-hoc Dark Network by Mark Shepard

creating ad-hoc “dark” networks for communication along a morning commute

SKETCH A DAY

NEXT STEPS

What are the social and cultural implications of ubiquitous computing for urban environment?

What opportunities lie to use urban computing as a way of communication?

What are the organic ways and forms to create this communication?

(not in the form of a watch/phone etc..necessarily!!!)