On Government: Public Data, Policy and Perspectives

On Government: Public Data, Policy and Perspectives

Saba Ghole


An interactive game based on mobilty on demand, new medical technologies, an interactive installation on modern slavery, a hologram machine, a smart intersection, an online platform showcasing multiple perspectives, and a proposal for re-concepting a city-focused website - these were the many projects on display at NuVu's Spring Government Exhibit this past Sunday. The event brought together a crowd of over 150 people who came to explore the many projects and talk with the students who had worked on them over the past three months at NuVu. The variety of projects showcased at the exhibit were based around the theme of the term, "Government," and illustrated the many viewpoints into a complex topic and the diverse approaches students used to explore issues or problems related to government that are not usually seen or discussed. The exhibit showcased different ways to engage communities and spread understanding, whether through sensor-guided interactive data collection or through interactive visualizations of large bodies of data generated from social media sites such as Twitter.