Teenagers have been foundational to the transformative activism that has dominated this year. Social media has been used to create movements around topics such as #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, and gun control. But in our everyday lives, we’ve seen how cell phones can also isolate us from our surrounding community. How can we amplify the parts of social media and cell phones that bring us together, and mitigate the parts that isolate us? In this studio, we’ll design and fabricate interactive devices that can be embedded around the city that empower a community to engage with other people, places and challenges through civic participation and engagement.

Students will research urban and social phenomena and speak with experts at the intersection of politics, social science, data science, society, civics, city development and AI technology. For instance, Gobo, a social media aggregator, subverts your social media feed and shows news from outside your political orbit. 21 Balançoires (21 Swings) is an interactive musical installation built in a high-traffic area in Montréal which sets in motion a collective ritual where certain melodies emerge only through cooperation between players. And a project called “Portals” includes gold-colored spaces equipped with immersive audiovisual technology where users come face-to-face with someone in a distant Portal and converse as if in the same room, thereby connecting people in places like a refugee camp in Erbil, Iraq to a suburban center in New Haven, USA. 

In this studio, students will use the power of digital design (computer aided drafting, 3D modeling) rapid prototyping tools (laser cutters, 3D printers, CNC milling), and microprocessor electronics to create interactive devices and installations. Get ready to design the next generation of products for people to re-shape their city, participate in civic life, and engage in civic dialogue and action!

Smart-Clip© is an attachment that will transform gun safety by locking the gun's magazine in certain zones, most prominently school zones. The goal of this product is to promote safety while maintaining the right of a law-abiding American citizen to wield firearms. 

The product features a sleek design that uses a quick swivel attachment for the blocker. The swivel is triggered by a motor that utilizes geo-tracking to detect being within a school zone. This product is made for all gun users who want to be apart of a safer America. To achieve safety, however, the Smart-Clip© would require a government mandate to truly be successful. Eventually,  the goal is to expand the geo locking mechanism to protect large cities, sports venues, places of worship and other areas.

Smart-Clip© is an all-new product that will transform gun safety as we know it as a society. This product can lock in certain zones, most prominently school zones. Eventually, we would like to expand this to protecting large cities, Sports venues, Places of worship and other areas. The goal of this product is to promote safety while maintaining the right of a law-abiding American citizen to wield firearms. 

The product features a sleek and incredible design that uses a quick swivel for the blocker. The end goal would be to feature electromagnets. This product is made for all Gun users who want to be apart of a safer America, However, to truly achieve a safe Eastern Missouri border we would require a government mandate on using the Smart-Clip©. The clip while not being even close to operational right now can still promote safer gun use especially in schools.

Smart-Clip© is an all-new product that will transform gun safety as we know it as a society. This product can lock in certain zones, most prominently school zones. Eventually, we would like to expand this to protecting large cities, Sports venues, Places of worship and other areas. The goal of this product is to promote safety while maintaining the right of a law-abiding American citizen to wield firearms. 

The product features a sleek and incredible design that uses a quick swivel for the blocker. That is triggered by a motor. This product is made for all Gun users who want to be apart of a safer America, However, to truly achieve a safe Eastern Missouri border the Smart-Clip© would require a government mandate to truly be successful. The clip while not being even close to operational right now can still promote safer gun use, especially in schools. 

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bird-red-zones-20180914-story.html

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/what-is-smart-gun-technology