Group Usage of Trash Cans

The Intel researchers have really been outdoing themselves recently. First they had the familiar stranger investigation and now they're working with augmenting trash cans (link below) used in public spaces. They're adapting the concepts of technology/cultural probes to the urban environment. Be sure to check out the Observation section and watch the video under Artifacts. The research methodology used here is very cutting edge.

Jetsam Project and the corresponding research paper:

Urban Probes: Encountering our Emerging Urban Atmospheres
Eric Paulos and Tom Jenkins
ACM SIGCHI, April 2005
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