This raises some serious privacy issues. But where better than to work these concerns out but on a research campus?
"Carlo F. Ratti" is an Italian architect, engineer, inventor, educator and activist who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, where he directs the MIT Senseable City Lab, a research group that explores how new technologies are changing the way we understand, design and ultimately live in cities. He is also a founding partner of the international design office [http://www.carloratti.com Carlo Ratti Associati], which he established in 2004 in Torino, Italy. Ratti was named one of the "50 most influential designers in America" by Fast Company (magazine)/Fast Company and highlighted in Wired (magazine)/Wired Magazine's "Smart List: 50 people who will change the world."
Ratti has been featured in Esquire Magazine’s ‘2008 Best & Brightest’ list and in Thames & Hudson’s selection of ‘60: Innovators Shaping our Creative Future. In 2010 Blueprint Magazine included him as one of the ‘25 People Who Will Change Architecture and Design’, Forbes listed him as one of the ‘Names You Need To Know’ in 2011.
More Carlo Ratti on Wikipedia.This participatory act aims to engage them in the issues of social networks and distributed interaction, but also on the possible drawbacks of limited privacy and geographical surveillance.
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