{"id":595,"date":"2025-03-23T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intra.projects.unibz.it\/?page_id=595"},"modified":"2025-04-06T15:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T15:23:34","slug":"digital-devices-in-public-space","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/intra.projects.unibz.it\/?page_id=595","title":{"rendered":"Tracing data production in public spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tracing data production in public spaces<\/h1>\n\n\n

For the 5th March we organised a Data Walk, our aim was to search for the digital devices that are producing and\/or displaying data in the public space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Data Walk tools<\/strong>
Video Camera, thermal camera, little bits counter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Data Walk hotspots<\/strong>
<\/strong>unibz (Kolping) > Waltherplatz > Train station > Bus station > Rathausplatz> Laurinstrasse > Silbergasse > Piazza delle erbe > unibz (Universitatplatz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Data production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As soon as we started to search for these digital devices we noticed that most present tool was the security camera, followed then by weather sensors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Camera on the top of the Stadt Hotel Citt\u00e0<\/em> in Waltherplatz-Piazza Walther<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Weather sensor in Via della Rena- Raingasse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Security cameras<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Hidden on the top of a building, or openly reported on a sign near the alarm system, the camera was an omnipresent device. We counted a total of 75 of them along our short path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These deviced were mainly produced by: DKC Europe Srl, Sfhera Srl, Jablotron\u00a0Group\u00a0as, Sicurtekno Srl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Weather sensors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I suppose all the following are weather sensors, maybe some air quality sensors. Do you know who could we ask?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Data Display<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In terms of data communication for citizens the main medium seems to be the led monitor, with the urban mobility as main field of application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The led monitor are used to inform the car drivers if the limited traffic zone of the city centre is closed or open to the general public. These screens are always associated with a camera to control the access to the zone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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While on important bus stops we can find small led monitors that informs the public about the arrival of specific buses, on the buses themselves we can find bigger monitors displaying the alphanumerical code of the bus line and its final destination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The traffic light is another example of the use of led monitors. Its visual functioning is synchronised with the emission of sounds that allows the pedestrians to understand if the light is red (no sound), green (sound), or yellow (faster sound).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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