Vancouver Archives

Public Charging Facilities

Mar 03, 2006

Electricity sockets in Vancouver Airport targeted at laptop users but also widely used to charge mobile phones. Infrastructure extending the feasibility of power hungry tasks such as watching video.

More adhoc charging at Narita Airport, below.

Location: Canada / Canada » Vancouver

Bottlenecks

Mar 03, 2006

The possibilities for social proximity applications perhaps enhanced from a human bottleneck (Vancouver immigration, above). How might bottlenecks, or other group dividing or clustering behaviours be manipulated to enable applications? Who gains and who loses in these situations?

Location: United States / Canada » Vancouver