New daylife scenarios from MIT – Mobile Experience Laboratory
The following proof of concept studies are intended as future visions of the utilization of CUD pilot programs in urban environments. These visions of connected and sustainable urban development were created by MIT Mobile Experience Lab in collaboration with Cisco Systems – Internet Business Solutions Group.
Connected Home
The Connected Home of the future will incorporate an integrated approach to buildings and their interaction with occupants, the local community, and beyond. This demonstration of the Connected Home of the future incorporates smart energy solutions, automated services and efficiency measures to aid citizens lead more sustainable lives. Technologies such as a Personal Travel Assistant, energy monitoring tools, TelePresence and social networking interactions, and energy grids for micro generation of energy across the urban community illustrate how citizens can play a positive and sustainable role in their urban landscape.
Connected Urban Development
Connected urban environments couple ubiquitous broadband with open standards and increased information transparency to promote public, private, and people partnerships which reflect local, regional, and global perspectives on environmental, political, and economic landscapes. By encouraging the development of information and communication technologies (also known as ICT), city governments can enhance both citizen experiences and city management.
This increased information transparency, coupled with ubiquitous broadband and connected environments, promotes improved customer experiences, while open standards enable greater integration with social networking and other lifestyle applications.
This demonstration of a future vision of Connected Urban Development incorporates urban transportation options such as vehicle sharing and journey planning through interacting devices and information sources. Smart energy solutions, microgeneration, community generated urban information sources, piezoelectric energy generation are presented as scenarios for a pervasive, integrated vision of cities of the future.
Personal Travel Assistant
The application of a Personal Travel Assistant (PTA) in three scenarios; commuter, tourist and student is applied to various media through which the PTA can be used. These range from a character based, physical interface (in the scenario presented here, as a Koala), a travel opportunity map (TOM), presented graphically by time and distance. Other applications such as an Ecopet, where low carbon travel can earn eco-points, and a web based tool further develop the device agnostic nature of the PTA.
Tags: città, Energia, Mobilità, Servizi alla persona, tecnologia