Peers In The City

peers in the city

The City

It turns out that by 2050, 7 billion of the 9 billion people living on this planet will be living in cities.

Doubling of 10 and 20 million+ inhabitant-sized cities

Infrastructural upgrades

Cloud computing, APIs and real-time notifications

Sensor networks and mobility

`Background computation´ invisibly powers the foreground - Stephen Graham

A local version of “Fixmystreet”

1 st dimension of an intelligent city: The intelligence , inventiveness and creativity of the individuals who live and work in the city. Nicos Komninos

2nd dimension of an intelligent city: relates to the collective intelligence of a city’s population : ‘the capacity of human communities to co-operate intellectually in creation, innovation and invention’.

3rd dimension of an intelligent city: relates to artificial intelligence embedded into the physical environment of the city and available to the city’s population: communication infrastructure, digital spaces and public problem-solving tools available to the city’s population.

People

1. Simple co-working

2. Co-working with a goal: example: Hub’s

3. Co-working to Make: Hacklabs

Global network of distributed manufacturers

Rise of homebrew manufacturing destroys old economy

4. Collaborative redevelopment: Nest project

“ A barcamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment . It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event.”

Barcamp, yay!!!!

Barcamp >> Govcamp Barcamp as methodology leaks across domains

Barcamp >> Bookcamp It’s a viral and spreading fast because it feels good

Bookcamp >> Papercamp It teaches people new skills and improves existing ones

Papercamp >> [_fill in blank_] camp

Selection of camps from 2009: Homeless Connect Camp, Health Camp, LayedOff Camp , Mobile Camp, Cloud Camp, Write Camp, Campaign Camp, Single Life Camp, Cantine Crisis Camp Global Phenomenon: From Buenos Aires to Hyderbad to Lagos to St. Petersburg to Hanoi to New Orleans. In 2009, 3008 camps held .

City Data

Freeing up of city data sets by city officials

MIT SenseLab – Trash|Talk Can these pervasive technologies make 100% recycling a reality?

1. GIVE US THE DATA Make data available in easy to use formats that developers can quickly reuse ( raw data available for download , APIs) 2. CREATE INCENTIVES Fund competitions or encourage your local community to get involved with prototyping new types of services

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“ Checking in” provides location-specific services

Designing for an archetypical urban setting

FlickrPickr: slideshow made from people detected within 15 meters

“ Add friend” using RFID

Privacy and anonymity issues abound

Adaptable peer-driven cultural and work practise development are timely given the longer terms trends

Climate change

Crazynomics

peers in the city

Credits http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharkbait/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/knolleary_papercamp http://www.geekologie.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/daleremote http://www.flickr.com/photos/bekathwia/sets/72157604381050339/ Contact Who: JAMES BURKE Site : www.vurb.eu Twitter : @vurb Site : www.lifesized.net Twitter : @lifesized Email : [email_address] THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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Peers In The City

by james burke on Nov 02, 2009

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