The document summarizes the research focus and projects of the MIT Mobile Experience Laboratory. The lab focuses on creative designs that use new technologies to improve people's lives through meaningful experiences. It takes a multidisciplinary approach and researches how technology can enhance connectivity, mobility, and sustainability in urban environments. Some of the projects discussed include an interactive bus stop, a civic media application called Locast, and a personal travel assistant application. The document provides examples of how the lab's research applies new technologies to address issues like transportation, energy use, and engaging institutions with citizens.

1. Connected Urban
Development
Federico Casalegno
TechnologyDay, TIS Innovation Park
July 22, 2011 Bolzano, Italy
MIT Mobile Experience Laboratory

2. Research focus: http://mobile.mit.edu/research
The MIT Mobile Experience Lab focuses on creative and radical designs to recapture connections between
people, information, and places, using cutting-edge information technology to improve
people’s lives through meaningful experiences.
With a multidisciplinary team, we research and design new technologies and explore their impact on
spaces, communities and societies.

3. Themes
.01 | Connectivity .02 | Mobility .03 | Sustainability
Technologies and services to Rethinking mobility, Designing for sustainability in
foster location-based connections transportation, communication, urban and rural environments, and
and redefine the user experience. and information networks. promoting sustainable
communities.

4. MIT Mobile Experience Lab
Approach

5. Pluridisciplinary

6. Multicultural

7. Hands-on

8. integrated

9. the disruptive users

10. .01 | .02 | .03 |
Skeleton & Skin Artificial Physiologies Nervous system
Pre-industrial cities consisted Cities of the industrial era Cities of the digital information
essentially of skeleton and skin. acquired extensive and era are developing integrated
They provided shelter and sophisticated artificial electronic nervous systems.
protection, and through physiologies: water supply and Cities starts to operate as
stacking floors vertically they drainage systems, energy intelligent organisms that make
enabled intensification of land supply systems, and coordinated responses to
use. mechanized transportation. changing conditions and needs.

11. 1
Connected

12. Bus Stop
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13. Structural research and parametric design
video available on
http://mobile.mit.edu/research/urban-interface/
interactive-bus-stop
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14. electronic skin
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15. inside interaction
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16. outside interaction
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17. video available on
http://mobile.mit.edu/research/urban-interface/
interactive-bus-stop
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18. interactions: internal
18

19. interactions: internal
19

20. interactions: internal
20

21. interactions: internal
21

22. interactions: internal
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23. interactions: external
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24. interactions: external
24

25. 2
User Generated
Content

26. Locast civic

27. video available on
http://mobile.mit.edu/locast
or
http://mobile.mit.edu/research/connective-tissue/locast-
civic-media

29. Locast Abruzzo
A Locative Media Travel Guide
MIT Mobile Experience Lab

30. The Applications
Locast Abruzzo is a multi-platform experience composed of a Web
Application and apps for Android and iOS devices

31. Web Application

32. Mobile Apps

38. 3
Trust

39. How can we rethink the relationship between
institutions and citizens?

40. How institutions communicate with the
younger population?
How institutions can utilize communication
technologies in a more effective way?

41. Ride.Link

42. video available on:
http://mobile.mit.edu/research/
Confidential document

43. Testing

44. Mobility on
Demand
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45. Big Problem: Buildings and Transportation
In the 21st century about 90% of population growth will be in urban areas; these will account
for 60% of the population and 80% of the wealth. Hence, the pattern of future energy
demand will increasingly be determined by urban networks.
Transportation and building operations typically account for at least 60% of urban energy
use.
In congested urban areas, about 40% of total gasoline use is in cars looking for parking.
-Imperial College Urban Energy Systems Project
MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

46. MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group
MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

47. Reinventing Access and Maneuverability
MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

48. Energy and Space Efficient
MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

49. MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

50. MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

51. MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

52. Renewable Power, Energy Storage, and Smart
Grids
With large-scale use,
car stacks throw
enormous battery
capacity into the
electrical grid.
Effective utilization of
inexpensive, off-peak
power and clean but
intermittent power
sources – solar, wind,
wave, etc.
A smart, distributed
power generation
system composed of
these sources (the
entire city as a virtual
power plant)
minimizes
transmission losses.
MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

53. Mobility-on-Demand IT Network
MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

54. Dynamic Pricing
MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

55. The RoboScooter
A collaboration with:
Sanyang (SYM) and Industrial Technology Research Institute
(ITRI) of Taiwan MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

56. MIT Media Lab, Smart Cities group, William J. Mitchell

57. 4
Green Wheel

58. video available on
http://mobile.mit.edu/greenwheel/

59. GreenWheel components

60. GreenWheel - Mobile Health

61. GreenWheel - Mobile Health

62. GreenWheel - Mobile Health

63. GreenWheel - Mobile Health

64. GreenWheel electronic

65. PTA - Personal Travel Assistant
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68. Connected
Home

69. Green Homes Alliance

70. video available on
http://mobile.mit.edu/fbk/

71. Connected
Urban
Development

72. Moving

73. Homes

74. Work

75. Personal responsibilities

76. http://connectedsustainablecities.org/

77. Open Source
Bus
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78. Personalized
Bus
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79. PTA
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80. Thanks
Federico Casalegno
casalegno@mit.edu
http://mobile.mit.edu

81. MIT Mobile Experience Laboratory Director Core Team
Design Lab David Boardman
Dr. Federico Casalegno
School of Architecture and Planning Daniel Cardoso
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Melissa Heffner
Colleen Kaman
One Cambridge Center, Advisory Board Simon Kim
NE18 - 4th floor William J.Mitchell Brian McMurray
Cambridge, MA 02139 - USA Manuel Castells Juhong Park
Marco Susani Steve Pomeroy
T: +1.617-452-5558 Anthony Rizos
F: +1.617-225-6971 Sajid Sadi
Contacts
E: mobileexperience@mit.edu Carl Yu
Lily Fu
Project Manager Orkan Telhan
http://mobile.mit.edu
(lilyfu@mit.edu)
Alumni / Past Collaborators
Sergio Araya, Solomon Bisker, Marcel Botha, David Bouchard, Abigail Burnham, Agnes Chang, Dave Chiu,
Enrico Costanza, Jonathan Gips, Guz Gutmann, Lizzie Krasner, Cristal Law, Mirja Leinss, Michael Menchu,
Philipp Muehlebach, Hector Ouilhet, Somnath Ray, Michael Sable, Aaron Tang, Eric Weber, Aaron Zinmann.

82. MIT Mobile Experience Lab - Sponsors
Companies

83. MIT Mobile Experience Lab - Sponsors
Institutions