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Andres Rico

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Whispers of mountains

Whispers Of The Mountain is a  sensor system mounted on snow skis.  The system allows for crowdsourcing environmental data of mou…
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Jettsen

JettSen is  an open source mobile sensor system that enables citizens, urban planners, and city officials to collectively address urba…
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City Science Lab Gipuzkoa - Opening Event June'25
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Andres Rico receives MIT Martin Family Society for Sustainability Fellowship

PhD student Andres Rico selected as a 2024 Martin Fellow for his work on community-based sensing for water management in cities.
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City Science Network Talks Series-2024

Each year the City Science Network hosts a talks series where City Science Labs present and share their research to the Network and collabo…
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Research at Scale 2024

A one-month residency in Shenzhen to scale research with mass manufacturing for affordability or unprecedented magnitudes
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Talks series organized by the University of Guadalajara for their Master’s in City Science

The University of Guadalajara (UdeG) established a Master's Degree in City Science (Maestría en Ciencia de la Ciudad or MCCd). The degree i…
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MIT Team meets with local stakeholders to discuss research lines for the City Science Gipuzkoa collaboration

Members of the MIT City Science team visited Gipuzkoa, Spain in December 2023 for an event, workshop, and meetings with stakeholders. The t…
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Andorra WIP: Food Waste Model + Sensorized Biosphere

City Science and Andorra Research + Innovation teams are currently working on two research directions: Food Waste in Andorra, Insight …
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The City Science Network empowers local communities to collaborate globally

The City Science Network is a collaboration of institutions + researchers sharing a the goal of enabling more livable, equitable communities
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Andrés Rico | MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35: Latin America 2023

Rico was recognized for his contributions in developing low-cost, open source sensors to test the quality and quantity of water sources.
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Re-imaginando la Costanera de Concepción - Workshop Report

The MIT team traveled to Concepcion, Chile in May of 2023 for a workshop and presentations with the City Science Lab @ Biobío. The event wa…
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President of the University of Guadalajara talks hyper-technology and social responsibility in higher education

On June 8, 2023, a delegation from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) visited the MIT Media Lab to meet with faculty and researchers rega…
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City Science Summit videos online - Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges

The 2022 City Science Summit is a collaboration between MIT City Science, the City Science Network and the Norman Foster Foundation.
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ReImagining Mobility event discusses the importance of collaboration and innovation for a zero-commuting city

How can we design a zero-commuting city? What are the important attributes of a walkable community? How can we invent the future of mobilit…
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Congratulations to everyone graduating in 2022!

Your flexibility, perseverance, and dedication have been nothing short of inspirational.
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A Smart Home System That Respects Privacy

A Smart Home System That Respects Privacy The new device from MIT's Media Lab relies on passive carbon dioxide and infrared sensors.
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Democratizing Synthetic Biology @ The Media Lab

City Science researcher Andres Rico reflects on his time participating in this past year's "How To Grow (Almost) Anything" (HTGAA) class.
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City Science team wins Best Paper Award at FTC 2020

For the paper titled "JettSen: A Mobile Sensor Fusion Platform for City Knowledge Abstraction."