Conference workshop
Bij de 10e editie van het IoT Rotterdam-evenement op 8 april 2022, georganiseerd door Creating010 van de Hogeschool Rotterdam, was Cities of Things een van de organisatoren van de hackathon. Het prototypen van "urban smart-things", als andere naam voor citythings, zal centraal staan. De prototypes werden
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At the 10th edition of the IoT Rotterdam event on 8 April 2022, organised by Creating010 at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Cities of Things was one of the hackathon organisers. The prototype used was the original version of what later became the Wijkbot. In the hackathon, teams quickly conceptualised
field lab Cities of Things Lab010
At the 10th edition of the IoT Rotterdam event on 8 April 2022, organized by Creating010 of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Cities of Things will be one of the organizers of the hackathon. More than even hacking, prototyping "urban smart-things" as a different name for citythings
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Spring officially began. A good moment to share some of the activities of Cities of Things in the last months. I write a monthly update and reflection via this email newsletter you can subscribe to. The two biggest programs at this moment are the field labs in Rotterdam as part
Nieuwsbrief
Op 14 maart 2023 stuurden we een nieuwsbrief aan alle betrokkenen en geïnteresseerden waarin we een overzicht gaven van de activiteiten van het project Cities of Things LAB010 waar Wijkbot onderdeel van is. Vind hieronder de nieuwsbrief. Laat ons weten als je graag de nieuwsbrief ontvangt. Cities of Things Lab010
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On 14 March 2023, we sent a newsletter to all involved and interested parties providing an overview of activities in the Cities of Things LAB010 project, of which Wijkbot is a part. Find the newsletter below.
reflections
Dear readers. As everyone is writing stuff on a routine (at least planned to do so), you think about the relevance at a moment that a big crisis is happening so nearby (I am based in the Netherlands); the invasion of Ukraine, that is, of course, Putin’s War. The
Denktank Afrikaanderwijk
Op 16 februari 2022 startte de denktank Afrikaanderijk voor het Cities of Things LAB010 project. Zeven bewoners gaan samen met het team van het project aan de slag om Wijkbot voor hun wijk te ontwerpen. Een zevental sessies zijn gepland, en in verschillende samenstelling hebben de bewoners eerst over de
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On 16 February 2022, the Afrikaanderwijk think tank launched for the Cities of Things LAB010 project. Seven residents work together with the project team to design the Wijkbot for their neighbourhood. Seven sessions were planned, and in various configurations the residents first reflected on the role of city things in
reflections
The first month of the year is a moment for looking ahead to the year. Predicting is something that does not make too much sense. A year is too nearby to expect big shifts as the real changes can be found looking back for some years. Nevertheless, there is a
reflections
In this reflective blog I like to dive into one of the fundamental concepts of Cities of Things that is touched upon in several posts but deserve a specific fleshing out I think; the active and initiating role of the bottom-up based network of objects that builds a Cities
field lab Cities of Things Lab010
We are very happy that our proposal for setting up Cities of Things Lab010 as part of the CityLab010 project is selected by the commission. Together with partners Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences research group Creating010. Afrikaanderwijk Co-op and Studio voor de Stad we entered the project in the