Research Brief

1) My definition is that a community is a group of people, whether it's two people or two billion people who share similar morals, thoughts, feelings, interests, religion, history, business & sex (many more examples im sure). I deliberately left out geographical location, although you could easily add it in. A community can exist across land and sea through optical media, ie. the internet.

2) My definition of technology is something which is either physical (ie. flint) or intangible (iTunes). Technology aids us/humans in our daily/evolutionary lives, environments & societies.

3) A technology which could be introduced to commuters on trains/buses is something (implanted chip/virtual reality glasses) which when you close your eyes you enter a space where other commuters in a set space around you also exist (when they opt to close their eyes), almost like an instant virtual chat room. The room appears to be infinite. Your residual self image is pre-defined. You can then communicate with other commuters. You can share thoughts, discuss world news, debate the price of your fare and give them your details so you can call each other or meet in reality another time.

Another idea to improve community essence for drivers is a bit harder as drivers need to be engaged with driving. Hands-free communication is allowed though as a driver can concentrate on the road as well as talk. Therefore an idea of mine is that your vehicle has approximately 500ft of talk range. Any other vehicle within your range can talk. Drivers, and their passengers therefore are in an ever changing conversation as over vehicles will drive past you so that would mean a brief hello maybe, or a vehicle traveling the same route will mean a long conversation. You could be discussing what car there have, where they are going, who you are with, what music you enjoy etc.

4) YouTube is interacted with daily by millions of people. This is when they meet in London (Feb 2007):



Research Brief history:
Brief Begins
Real Underground
First Day Session
Community Oberservation
Communities on the Road



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