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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 17, 2009
Digital Media PhD Student David Jimison and Joo Youn Paek have been awarded a commission for their piece Too Smart City, as part of the Architecture League's exhibition, Situated Technologies: Toward the Sentient City.
Too Smart City is a set of street furniture""a trash can, a bench, and an information sign""augmented with computational intelligence and location awareness. In each, the furniture is rendered near useless by its hyper-enthusiastic use of technology to facilitate its service. The result is a comical interactive piece that enables the public to engage in some of the critical issues involved in next generation public infrastructure.
