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Rick Borovoy demos Lost in Boston: RealTime, which uses public, real-time bus data to create inexpensive and easy-to-maintain electronic signs that can be placed near bus stops in publicly viewable, private spaces — such as storefront windows and community centers. Download! break MIT Tech TV

Jeffrey Warren presents his work in grassroots mapping — helping citizens make their own free, open, high-resolution maps with common resources like kites, balloons, and inexpensive cameras. Download! break MIT Tech TV

Upcoming Events Tuesday night: Andrew Whitacre representing C4FCM at Media Reform/Community Tech Day panel at Charles Hotel http://groupspaces.com/BostonMediaReform/item/124902 Next Monday: Ricardo Dominguez: “Transborder Disturbances: Aesthetics, Interventions and Technology” http://civic.mit.edu/event/ricardo-dominguez-transborder-disturbances-ae… Next Tuesday: Civic Media Session: “Understanding Check-Ins: From Emergent Location-Sharing Practices to Location Mash-Ups” http://civic.mit.edu/event/civic-media-session-understanding-check-ins April 6-7: Beyond Books: News, Literacy, […]

Rick Borovoy’s “Junkyard Jumbotron” and Lost in Boston: REALTIME The unstoppable Borovoy @csik: Lost in Boston Realtime, Rick Borovoy’s new #c4fcm project: http://to.pbs.org/fyshax Our “Junkyard Jumbotron” on @boingboing http://cot.ag/eu2lCx (Thanks, @doctorow) Introducing the Junkyard Jumbotron: http://civic.mit.edu/blog/csik/junkyard-jumbotron Center researcher Rick Borovoy’s “Junkyard Jumbotron” featured in Media Lab’s LabCAST http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=172 Leo Burd’s […]

Lost in Boston Real Time turns bookstores and burrito joints into bus stops by delivering the MBTA’s live bus and T data to these value add locations via LED signs. The first few deployments of the project validated the hypothesis: indeed knowing that the CT2 is still ten minutes away […]