COMPANY PROFILE

The MediatedSpaces team has worked on mobile phone projects and large-scale installations. The team met at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Recently, they developed a mobile platform that enables citizen scientists to collect and track wildlife data. They have also developed Facebook applications and VoIP/streaming technologies.


CURRENT WORK

The Mediated Spaces team is currently working on The WildLab and The Skymap, two pioneering applications that use mobile devices for citizen science projects. Using locative data provided by GPS/LBS products, the WildLab’s platform delivers scientific information for education, research, and commercial applications.


THE SOUNDSCAPER

The Soundscaper uses mobile GPS technology to create a way of experiencing "here" and "there" through sound. The sound map is akin to research being done by scientists, using locative data to map likely flood zones, stores of minerals, and the progress of pathogens. But the intent here is to evoke poetry and fantasy in the form of a sound map on the Web. The Soundscaper was recently on display at the NIME 2008 conference in Genoa, Italy.


THE WILDLAB

The WildLab aims to enable birdwatchers first. Out of all wildlife-watching activities, birding dominates: in a 2006 study, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) estimated that nearly 50 million people participated in some birdwatching activity during the year in the U.S. alone. Organizations like the National Audubon Society sponsor birdcounts that collect data from millions of people; scientists use such data for analyses that indicate the overall health of ecosystems.


THE SKYMAP

The Skymap is a new application that uses GPS-enabled mobile devices to display the current sky at the user’s current location. Astronomy has one of the largest followings of any of the sciences. It is also one of the few sciences in which “citizen scientists” still make significant contributions. The application helps amateur astronomers conveniently explore the current sky whenever and wherever they are, on their mobile device.


DISTINCTIONS

On April 2nd 2008, The WildLab was chosen as the 1st Runner Up at the NAVTEQ LBS Challenge. Their work collectively has been covered in The New York Times, Popular Science, The Village Voice, New York Metro, C|NET, and others, and has been displayed at the Chelsea Art Museum, the Sony Wonder Tech Lab, Eyebeam, Proflux (RI), VIDEOFORMES (France), the China Digital Entertainment Festival, NYU, and others.


CONTACT

Please direct all inquiries to: info@mediatedspaces.com

Mediated Spaces, Inc.
225 East 4th Street, Suite #12
New York, New York 10009