In the near future, finding our way from point A to point B will not be the problem. Maintaining consciousness of what happens along the way might be more difficult. Serendipitor is an alternative navigation software application for mobile phones that helps you find something by looking for something else. The app combines directions generated by a routing service (in this case, the Google Maps API) with instructions for movement and action designed to introduce small detours and minor interruptions within an otherwise optimized and efficient route.
The Sentient City Survival Kit is a project of Creative Capital. It is sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University at Buffalo. Additional support provided by the Network Architecture Laboratory @ Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam; and Eyebeam Art+Technology Center, New York.
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