Smart Devices
MIT’s SENSEable City Laboratory and the 21st Century Bus Stop
by John Muir on May.24, 2009, under Smart Devices, Sustainable Communities, Transportation
21st Century Bus Stop?
When I first read Candace Lombardi’s article “In Italy, futuristic bus stops to blend practical, chic” about the twenty-first century bus stop, “EyeStop”, I thought I’d stumbled onto a straggler from April Fool’s day or possibly the antics of The Yes Men.
Upon further investigation, it appears that Apple inspired name is not a fictitious marketing spoof ala the iProduct, but an actual collaboration between MIT, the province of Florence and the local transit authority, ATAF.
The “EyeStop” project is part of MIT’s SENSEable City Laboratory which is exploring the “increasing deployment of sensors and hand-held electronics in recent years,” and exploring “a new approach to the study of the built environment.”
