I'm blogging my progress on my Final Project for the Domus Academy Master in Interaction Design. For more information, see http://uxblitz.com This presentation was given at our initial kick-off meeting, where I explained my intention to explore how new kinds of non-cellular connectivity can help empower people in disaster situations.

1. Julie Blitzer
MID 2013/2014
Claudio Moderini
Course Leader
Nima Gazestani
Project Assistant
Ubiquitous Connectivity
Exploring connections and communications amongst people
in disaster situations and large events

2. Challenge
Major natural disasters and even
sometimes large events present
situations in which many people need
to communicate with each other in real
time, often with limited connectivity.

3. How?
Personal Area
Networks
WPAN
Ambient
Networks
Internet.org
Wearable
Devices

4. My Experience: Hurricane Sandy

5. Inspiration
...and also research behind WS 1 on “big events”

6. Schedule
May 20 Kick off
May 27 Benchmarking complete, initial concepts
June 3 Choose one concept
June 10 Prototype of concept
June 17 Visual design of concept
June 23 Presentation Draft
July 1 Final Presentation