For the MAB24H challenge we formed a group of 3 graduate students currently attending the Urban Computing course at Aarhus University.
After a brief ideation process – with only 24 hours total we had to somewhat rein our selves – we came up with a vision to manifest random personal data from “the cloud” within urban space.
Further working on the concept through brainstorming and concept sketching we arrived at a final core design consisting of a robot like gadget moving through urban space – in part autonomously and in part through interaction by people in its immediate vicinity.
At intervals it determines its location through GPS, looks up names of persons and businesses registered nearby online and then thrawls through web services and news feeds for data corresponding to those entities. Then the gathered data is presented via print and sound to the sorroundings.
With the concept defined we managed to squeeze in both experience prototyping and an actual physical prototype within the 24 hour frame.
The concept is intentionally provocative and raises questions about privacy vs. public access to personal – maybe even intimate – data.