In fact the last Friday before holidays we were testing sound recording possibilities in sound design studio together with Carlos Gomez. Carlos brought umbrella and couple of microphones. Microphones placed on the rod and pointed to umbrella’s inner hood made it work as reflecting instrument. It helped to direct and control sound dispersion and record it. This experiment revealed main principles of sound reflection and possibilities of creating simple sound managing  tools.
And finally using this weird apparatus we had good time watching frightened faces of passers by. Happy holidays!

Presentation was followed by smart cities panel discussion about network data, urban space and human behaviors. And concluded with lecture given by Tony Brey, founder of  Urbiotica – company that operates smart environment solutions.

some links related with projects presented during lectures:

http://nearfuturelaboratory.com/
http://www.quadrigram.com/
http://www.bee-path.net/
http://www.futurict.eu/
http://www.sociopatterns.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-tRHNElTo4

Community and collaboration makes cities the driving force. Sharing common values is the way to create better environment and move forward. It should be exiting to contribute this project and reveal new patterns of building smart society.

photos by Lucas De Sordi