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Best Way to Go?: Intriguing Citizens to Investigate What Is Behind Smart City Technologies

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DIS '17 Companion: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems

Pages 28 - 33

https://doi.org/10.1145/3064857.3079113

Published: 10 June 2017 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents an interactive street sign that aims to engage urban dwellers in the discussion surrounding the implications of smart cities. Based on either citizen input or an algorithm that rates the walkability and security of a location based on geo-tagged pictures, this signpost can indicate the direction with the highest walkability. By means of collecting citizen opinions and using this algorithm, this street sign represents an attempt to make politics that are involved when designing an application visible at public places and thereby make passers-by reflect on smart city applications.

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Contreras VMontané LCepero TBenitez EMezura C(2022)Building Adaptable Dashboards for Smart Cities: Design and EvaluationProgramming and Computer Software10.1134/S036176882208007248:8(534-551)Online publication date: 21-Dec-2022
https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768822080072
Nelimarkka M(2019)A Review of Research on Participation in Democratic Decision-Making Presented at SIGCHI Conferences. Toward an Improved Trading Zone Between Political Science and HCIProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/33592413:CSCW(1-29)Online publication date: 7-Nov-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3359241

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Best Way to Go?: Intriguing Citizens to Investigate What Is Behind Smart City Technologies
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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DIS '17 Companion: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems

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DOI:10.1145/3064857

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Contreras VMontané LCepero TBenitez EMezura C(2022)Building Adaptable Dashboards for Smart Cities: Design and EvaluationProgramming and Computer Software10.1134/S036176882208007248:8(534-551)Online publication date: 21-Dec-2022
https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768822080072
Nelimarkka M(2019)A Review of Research on Participation in Democratic Decision-Making Presented at SIGCHI Conferences. Toward an Improved Trading Zone Between Political Science and HCIProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/33592413:CSCW(1-29)Online publication date: 7-Nov-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3359241

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