Smart Citizens Lab

#IAmSmart

ascl@waag.org#IAmSmart

Welcome & introFrank KresinHester Volten

Matchmaking

Tools & conceptsPieter van BoheemenChristine van den Horn

Approach

Programme

SenseMakersAmsterdam

Frank KresinWaag Society

@kresin

• Institute for Art, Science & Technology

• Since 1994, 50 Staff, based in Amsterdam

• Artistic research, critical design & social innovation

• Exploring emergent technologies & opening them up

Waag Society

• For self expression and communication

• Linking people, groups, communities

• Sharing thoughts, blueprints, algorithms

• Reflecting & understanding

And discovering it’sunderlying meaning.

Technology

• Making is crucial to understand and act in our world

• Best producer is the user

• (S)he can learn to make (almost) anything

• Sharing knowledge is the key to innovation

Maker Ethics

Smart Citizens

• Will take responsibility for the place they live, work and love;• Value access over ownership, contribution over power;• Will ask forgiveness, not permission;• Know where they can get the tools, knowledge and support;• Value empathy, dialogue and trust;• Appropriate technology, rather than accept it as is;• Will help the people that struggle with smart stuff;• Ask questions, before they come up with answers;• Take part in design efforts to come up with better solutions;• Work agile, prototype early, test quickly, start all over;• Will not stop in the face of huge barriers;• Continuously share their knowledge and their learning.

http://waag.org/nl/blog/manifesto-smart-citizens

Urban Environmental Challenges

Amsterdam Measuring Stations

http://www.luchtmetingen.amsterdam.nl/

Smart Citizens Lab

Empower people to:

• Make visible and tangible the invisible

• Understand their environment

• Turn data and insight into action

• Using public networks of low cost, open source sensors

• Better informed, more engaged residents

• Impactful dialogues between residents and governments

• More data, more insight, better policies

• More enjoyable, social, inclusive, healthy & livable cities

Resulting in

Issue Mapping:Topical Barcamp

Sensors:Open Hardware

Bootcamp

Sensing:Data Collection

Understanding:Visualisation & Interpretation

Action:Community Meetup

HvA

RIVM

AMS / Alterra

SenseMakers

AmEcBoard

Amsterdam CTO

FabLab Amsterdam

Open Wetlab

Waag Society

Amsterdam Smart Citizens Lab

Activities Phase 1 Partners

http://waag.org/en/project/smart-citizens-lab

Planning

Date Topic

May 13 Kick off

May 21 Making sensors

June 3 Making Sensors

June 10 Collection Strategies

July - Aug Sensing & Collecting

Sep 9 Analyzing & Visualization

Oct 7 Final Event

Hester VoltenRIVM

@HesterVolten

Welcome & introFrank KresinHester Volten

Matchmaking

Tools & conceptsPieter van BoheemenChristine van den Horn

Approach

Programme

Matchmaking

Welcome & introFrank KresinHester Volten

Matchmaking

Tools & conceptsPieter van BoheemenChristine van den Horn

Approach

Programme

Pieter van BoheemenWaag Society

@pietervboheemen

Smart CitizensExamples

#IAmSmart

Topics & Scenarios

Zooniverse

Air quality: Smart Citizen Kit

Noise levels

Air Quality Egg

DustDuino

Humidity, UV and Temp: CliMate

Biomonitoring: Strawberry plant

Public Lab

Kite mapping

Plant health: Infrared imaging

DIY Tools: Spectral Workbench

Citizens making marks: Findery

Water quality monitoring

Secchi Disk

Turbidity: iQwtr

Total Dissolved Particles DIY sensor

Soil moisture

Mood tracking

Biomonitoring

Christine van den HornWaag Society

Exploring Sensing Strategies

(mini design challenge)

mini design challenge1. Define the challenge

2. Take a look at the available ingredients:- space (the city)- people- tools- events- communication networks

3. Define your sensing strategy and its goal. Develop a concept & materialize it.

Define the roles, relations and all touchpoints (what’s needed)

4. Discussion - reviewing the impact

mini design challengeThe rules/requirements:

The cheaper the technology the more means

Use the communication network as efficient as possible

Involve as many people as possible Think about target groups & incentives

Make sure people with the right skills are involved

The goal: create as much as possible impact

the assignment

Welcome & introFrank KresinHester Volten

Matchmaking

Tools & conceptsPieter van BoheemenChristine van den Horn

Approach

Programme

Pieter van BoheemenChristine van den Horn

Waag Society

Smart Citizens LabContinued…

Planning

Date Topic

May 13 Kick off

May 21 Making sensors

June 3 Making Sensors

June 10 Collection Strategies

July - Aug Sensing & Collecting

Sep 9 Analyzing & Visualization

Oct 7 Final Event

ASCL Platform: Meetup Group

Membership

• 35 EUR• Access to all 6 remaining events (10 EUR discount)• #IAMSmart t-shirt• #IAMSmart title on meetup

Hashtag:

#IAMSmart

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