State of (The Art): Sentient City
by Stephen Tortora-Lee on November 6, 2009
Sentient City almost sounds like science fiction, but it is the opposite actually. These are actual techniques and devices to help the system of the city (through the people that live within it) become more aware of the processes within itself through mobile technology and designed in feedback systems in order to make cities more sustainable as well as more interesting. Last Friday I went up with my friends Tom and Jason to 51st St and 6th to check out the Sentient City exhibit. The space isn’t huge, but what you see are prototypes and new possibilities of design ideas created to change or allow new behaviors in people.
