Arlene Ducao
| Jan/11 | Mon | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 9-451 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/16
Limited to 16 participants
How can urban planners take advantage of the connected technologies that are starting to transform individual data to massively larger scales in time and space? From smartphones to wearables, from social media to quantified self, the aggregation and geo-location of data is becoming a major part of urban studies and planning.
In this workshop, we'll look at how we can design and deploy with some of the most common components for prototyping-- microcontrollers, sensors, and phones-- that collect urban data. The workshop should give students the physical computing resources they need to deploy their own small data collection networks.
Recommended experience: Interest in electronics and sensors. Experience in building simple circuits is preferred but not required.
Recommended equipment: Your favorite microcontroller, your laptop, and a cable to connect the two. If you're not sure what to bring, an Arduino Uno is a good starting point.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Arlene Ducao, arlduc@mit.edu