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Under the name The Agency of Smart Urban Things, Wijkbot was present at ThingsCon 2022 Summer Edition on 9 June 2022. During the workshop, the Wijkbot went shopping at an Albert Heijn supermarket near the conference venue. As part of the Cities of Things Lab010 project, we explore urban smart-things:
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Cities of Things will organize a workshop during the yearly Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) on 16 May 2022 (13:30 - 15:30 at MunichUrbanColab). Since the signing of the renewed Letter of Intent for the Creative Embassy MUC-AMS and Workshop “Cities of Things” on 11 October last year
field lab MUC-AMS
Last 23 March we organized a workshop at the Marineterrein in Amsterdam to discuss the progress of the field lab plans and connect with existing and new contacts. The session was a step towards the planning of a field lab program - hopefully - later this year. We had a
field lab Cities of Things Lab010
As announced in the latter post the field lab Cities of Things Lab010 was invited to organize the hackathon together with Creating010 and Civic Prototyping Lectorate of this year's IoTRotterdam event. In the end, four teams participated and build some very nice citythings; autonomous moving objects on the
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As announced in the previous post, Cities of Things Lab010 was invited — together with Creating010 and the Civic Prototyping Lectorate — to organise the hackathon at the IoTRotterdam event. The winning team presented their project Kickbots: after rapid street research to define their strategy, they designed an urban element that acts
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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 will
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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
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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.
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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
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 summer.
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We are very pleased that our proposal to set up Cities of Things Lab010 as part of the CityLab010 project has been selected by the committee, together with partners Creating010 (research group at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences) and the Afrikaanderwijk Cooperative. From the CityLab010 website: After an exciting wait