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THESIS MIDTERM REVIEW PROF.CYNTHIA LAWSON
BASAK HAZNEDAROGLU
10.12.2010
AUDIENCE urban dwellers using technology in any form
co-presence without co-location
losing connection in a connected world
What are the social impacts of these technologies on our everyday interactions in
urban space?
PERSONAL&PUBLICDATA as a content or conversation?
What opportunities lie in urban computing as a way of communication?
Prototype1 EYECONTACT experiment
What has been lost in our physical interactions?
FAIL! freak factor
interface not approachable
“space is no longer innocent.” Marcos Novak
not after this!
How can designed applications subvert public data we receive via billboards &
advertisements?
Prototype 2 LOOK AROUND ARapp experiment
How can I transform public data into conversation?
What are the social and cultural implications of wireless internet use
technology in urban space?
SOCIAL LIFE OF WIRELESS URBAN SPACE
Majority of wi-fi users used their wireless Internet connection to communicate with social ties that were not physically present
(66%)
Culturally and ideologically homogeneous
Yellow chair by Anab Jain
Inviting strangers from street to use her computer and her wireless
Wifiti by Michael Ballard
Letting people change wifi network names
Prototype 3 WI-FI experiment
How can I bring diversity into familiar urban technologies?
THANKYOU! questions?