Julie BlitzerMID 2013/2014

Claudio ModeriniCourse Leader

Nima GazestaniProject Assistant

Ubiquitous ConnectivityExploring connections and communications amongst people

in disaster situations and large events

Challenge

Major natural disasters and even

sometimes large events present

situations in which many people need

to communicate with each other in real

time, often with limited connectivity.

How?

Personal Area Networks

WPAN

Ambient Networks

Internet.orgWearable

Devices

My Experience: Hurricane Sandy

Inspiration

...and also research behind WS 1 on “big events”

Schedule

May 20 Kick off

May 27 Benchmarking complete, initial concepts

June 3 Choose one concept

June 10 Prototype of concept

June 17 Visual design of concept

June 23 Presentation Draft

July 1 Final Presentation