presentation 20140228

SENSING NEIGHBORHOODSUsing sensors to create stronger neighborhoods

Presentation Agenda

1 why Friendship, PA? locating our problem space

2 continuing research additional expert interviews and co-design workshop

3 our design principles what our solution must solve

4 our technology landscape how we see neighborhoods changing

5 ideas for moving forward

Why Friendship (and not Shadyside?)

Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts

Why Friendship (and not Shadyside?)


It’s a neighborhood

in flux

It’s got a variety of different

residents

It’s dense and urban

Continuing Design Research

Additional Expert Interviews

10-person co-design workshop


Expert Interviews

Kristin Hughes Friendship resident, Octopus Garden founder

Martha Ann Terry Former president of Friendship Preservation Group and Friendship Development Associates

Anita Smith Pittsburgh historian

Rick Swartz Executive Director of Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation

Jim and Louise Altes Friendship residents and former Friendship Preservation Group members


Expert Interviews


Co-design Workshop

10 Participants All Friendship residents. Variety of ages and backgrounds

Recruited off Nextdoor.com and neighborhood flyers

Activities to create neighborhood and reflect on relationships


Co-design Workshop


Our User Categories


Engaged Neighbor

Unengaged Neighbor

Permanent Resident

Temporary Resident

parents board members home owners

shy neighbors reclusive neighbors

busy neighbors

undergraduate students busy professionals

older students new Pittsburgh transplants

Our Design Principles

1 Give neighbors the opportunity to share positive experiences about where they live.

2 Disseminate relevant neighborhood information to neighbors who want it.

3 Create opportunities for unstructured social interactions in the neighborhood itself.

4 Help tangential neighbors become stakeholders in the neighborhood.

5 Enable concerned neighbors to build support for problems they see in their neighborhood.


Our solution must…

Our Design Principles


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

Our Future Neighborhood Landscape

1 Every person will have a singular database of personal information from their own body sensor networks.

2 People will combine their own body sensor network data to form neighborhood-level sensor networks and databases

3 Cities will have set up smart infrastructures that include measuring air quality, water quality, chemical presence, utilities, etc.

4 Mapping and GPS space and motion will be experienced on a human scale. (google tango)

5 These sensors and data will have a common language and protocol to allow for inter-device communication.




future fact one Every person will have a singular database of personal information from their own body sensor networks.

present signals Fitbit and other personal quantification products



future fact two People will combine their own body sensor network data to form neighborhood-level sensor networks and databases

present signals NextDoor, FourSquare, and other place-based social networks



future fact three Cities will have set up smart infrastructures that include measuring air quality, water quality, chemical presence, utilities, etc.

present signals Pittsburgh open data initiative and IBM Smarter Cities solutions



future fact four Mapping and GPS space and motion will be experienced on a human scale.

present signals Google Tango



future fact five Every object will be both a physical object and a digital sensor emitting data about its activities.

present signals Maya’s Trillions, Connected Appliances, and Smart Homes

1. Sensor Recipes

goal Turn local sensor data into information modules that matters to you.

what is it? A way to gather sensor data based on your location and boil it down to the pieces that you care about.

what is it not?

a dashboard or exercise motivation


share positive experiencesdisseminate neighborhood information

unstructured social interactionsmake all neighbors stakeholders build support for local issues

medium high medium high lowSensor Recipes

1. Sensor Recipes


2. Neighborhood Stories

goal Combine stories and data to create a rich and accessible portrait of a neighborhood.

what is it? Neighborhood objects become gateways to accessing ephemeral data and stories.

what is it not?

QR Codes




high medium high medium lowNeighborhood Stories

2. Neighborhood Stories


3. Happiness Game

goal Encourage neighbors to interact with and help those neighbors they don’t regularly meet.

what is it? A game that gives challenges and uses emotional feedback to reward and rank participants.

what is it not?

a popularity contest




high low high medium mediumHappiness Game

3. Happiness Game




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Sensor Recipes

Neighborhood Stories

Happiness Game


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