helsinki defines the future of city info

07/28/2007 07:10:56 PM
Most city centers have booths or offices where you can get information on local events.

In Helsinki, they've gone one better by creating an interactive City Wall; a touch screen where people can find and play with information and can also send in images for others to see.



Most of the recent attention has been on touch screens for personal use with the iPhone or Microsoft’s Surface Computing initiative, Helsinki’s City Wall is a glimpse of the future of civic information design and signage.

This is the type of screen we will soon be seeing in our airports, train stations and city centers.It will transform information that’s historically been one dimensional, static and often out of date into a responsive, interactive and collaborative nervous system.

Via Lost at E Minor



Posted by Ed Cotton
Tags: touchscreen (5) citywall (1) helsinki (1)

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