Stage 4 Presentation

SENSING
NEIGHBORHOODS
Using sensors to create stronger
neighborhoods

Presentation Agenda
1 sensors, neighborhoods, and the future
locating our problem and our solution
2 the sensor recipe platform
introducing our sensor solution
3 personas and neighborhood timeline
who and when will use our platform
4 use stories
how and why will people use our platform
5 testing our ideas
making sure our solution works

Sensors and the Future The Platform Who and When How and Why Testing Our Ideas
Deﬁning Our Territory
Using sensors to connect
neighbors to their
neighborhood and wider city.
Understanding Neighborhoods
Getting to know our
neighbors better and studying
the future of neighborhoods.
Developing Solutions
Formulate, develop, and
quickly test wide variety of
design interventions.

Sharing Then and Now

Personal Relationships
were once personal and face-to-face,  
but are now depersonalized and anonymous
Sharing Data
was once local and trusted,  
but is now unreliable and dispersed
Sharing Then and Now

Sensors are the Answer
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Sensors are Local… …and also Digital

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Physical Sensors Open Civic Data Personal Data Networks

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Trillions of Sensors Open Civic Data Personal Data Networks

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Trillions of Sensors Open Civic Data Personal Data Networks
Combine at the Neighborhood Level

Introducing…
Sensor Recipes
Network
Bridging the gap between individual data, as well as the
open source billion other sensors in the city

Sensor Recipe Platform
photo of kit

diagram

Layers of Data
Sensors
Sensor Data Streams
Neighborhood Database
Sensor Recipes

Layers of Data
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usid: AXFF_DIJ_248576,
time: 2014-04-10T03:05:36,
sensor_data_type: 4,
reading: 763
}
Sensors
Sensor Data Streams
Neighborhood Database
Sensor Recipes

All Neighbors Can Use Sensor Recipes
Engaged Neighbor
Unengaged Neighbor
Permanent
Resident
Temporary
Resident
Reward core  
neighbors
Incentivize
participation for
apathetic neighbors
Provide small opportunities
for tangential neighbors
Enable interested  
neighbors  
to participate

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Jennifer
Urban Pioneer
Highly Engaged and
Permanent
Linda
Core Neighbor
Engaged and
Permanent
Sal
Longtime Resident
Disengaged and
Permanent
James
Busy Neighbor
Engaged and
Temporary
Mia
Warm Body
Disengaged and
Temporary
All Neighbors Can Use Sensor Recipes

Timeline of our Neighborhood

Use Stories
Sensor Recipes
for Community
Advocacy
Sensor Recipes
for Interpersonal
Connections
Sensor Recipes
for Community
Strengthening

Use Story One: Advocating For Better Air
Jennifer
Urban Pioneer
v
Linda
Concerned Neighbor

Sensors Used
Air Quality Sensor, Vehicle Traffic Sensor
Data Stream Produced
Carbon dioxide levels and vehicle counts
Data Stored
Information about neighborhood traffic
and air quality
Sensor Recipe Used
Creates graphs to compare air quality
and traffic levels

Concerned neighbors can
create data streams together to
gather data with their
neighbors.
Meaningful Data
Community advocates can
choose the data they wish to
record instead of advocating
based on data availability.
share positive
experiences
disseminate
neighborhood
information
unstructured
social
interactions
make all
neighbors
stakeholders
build support
for local issues
low medium low medium high

Use Story Two: Making Smarter Choices
Jennifer
Urban Pioneer
James
Busy Neighbor
Sal
Longtime Resident

Use Story Two: Making Smarter Choices
Additional Sensors Used
Foot and cycle traﬃc
Additional Data Streams
Pedestrian and bicycle counts
Additional Data Stored
Information about the neighborhood’s
pedestrian and cycling patterns
Sensor Recipe Used
Creates a recipe to suggest a mode of
transportation every morning

Use Story Two: Smarter Transportation Choices
Neighbors share recipes with
each other and use data to
make collaborative decisions.
Meaningful Data
Neighbors know that other
neighbors are helping to
produce the data they rely upon.
share positive
experiences
disseminate
neighborhood
information
unstructured
social
interactions
make all
neighbors
stakeholders
build support
for local issues
medium high medium high medium

Use Story Three: Building a Neighborhood
Jennifer
Urban Pioneer
Linda
Core Neighbor
Sal
Longtime Resident
v
Mia
Warm Body

Use Story Three: Building a Neighborhood
Sensors Used
A.C. Sensor, television, phone
Data Stream Produced
A.C. on/oﬀ
Data Stored
Information about whether neighbors
are using A.C. during hour.
Sensor Recipe Used
Recipe turns oﬀ certain appliances and
shows which neighbors are participating.

Use Story Three: Neighborhood Hour
Neighbors share recipes with
each other and use data to
make collaborative decisions.
Meaningful Data
Neighbors know that other
neighbors are helping to
produce the data they rely upon.
share positive
experiences
disseminate
neighborhood
information
unstructured
social
interactions
make all
neighbors
stakeholders
build support
for local issues
high high high medium low

share positive
experiences
disseminate
neighborhood
information
unstructured
social
interactions
make all
neighbors
stakeholders
build support
for local issues
high high high medium low
medium high medium high medium
low medium low medium high
Advocating
for Better Air
Smarter
Transportation
Choices
Neighborhood
Hour

Interface Map

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