Monthly Archives: May 2014
SoMove: Infiltrated, Final Update
Infiltrated: A site hoping to increase awareness and discussion on cases of infiltration within organizations in the United States.
SoMove and Codesign Team: It was a great experience throughout the semester, working with each group. Preview our website here! We hope to launch it sometime in Summer 2014.
~ Case Study and Final Presentation ~
Bedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories is an interactive documentary microsite that raises awareness about the injustices of the U.S. immigration detention and deportation system by focusing on the detention bed quota. Introduced in 2010, the quota is a Congressional mandate that requires the incarceration of approximately 34,000 immigrants in jails and detention centers in the U.S. at any given time. The site uses animated GIFs to simulate a “bird’s eye” view of people sleeping in a detention center and highlights the personal stories of immigrants who have experienced detention through embedded text, audio and video. The viewers are then asked to take action by following the DWN social media accounts, mailing lists, and tweet to end the detention system quota.
View our site: http://dwn-staging.herokuapp.com/
Username: guest
Password: stopdetention
View our Final Presentation.
View our Case Study.
Team CURE – Final Update
Team CURE is proud to announce our project, I am Not a Dot.
I Am Not a Dot is a multi-media platform where users can access not only the statistics and quantitative evidences of why the registry should be eliminated in order to reduce the recidivism rate and to protect the rights of registrants, but also the personal testimonials and stories of the registrants, their families, and other persons concerned.
Read more details in our Case Study.
Or, check out our Final Presentation.
We are also looking for a web programmer to join our team. If you are interested in, please contact notadot[at]curenational.org !
Thank you for the great semester!
Susanna + Miho
UYC SMS Survey
EFF Final Update
EFF: Surveillance Self-Defense Guide
A project to teach users about digital surveillance and how to protect their information.
View our Final Presentation.
View our Case Study.
Introducing IPVTech Research Portal
Study and fight back Intimate Partner Violence via Technology with data!
In collaboration with the Tor Project and the Transition House, we developed a research portal for researchers (eg. advocates from the Transition House) to understand Intimate Partner Violence via Technology (IPVTech), and how device surveillance technology is involved in this process.
Besides, we also have an infographic describing the IPVTech process.
try it out
see the slides
read our case study
ACLU + The Guardian Project Final Project
This semester concludes with the development of SpideyApp: An Android-based cell tower comparator used for detecting Stingray devices. Brought to you by a collaboration between the ACLU of Massachusetts, The Guardian Project, and MIT Media Lab students.
Project title: SpideyApp – Android-based Stingray detector.
SpideyApp user interface.
Description: An Android-based Stingray detector that uses scan differentials to detect anomalous cell towers.
SpideyApp final presentation: here.
SpideyApp case study: here (publish link).
UYC Final Blog Post
UYC SMS Survey Initiative
This week we have been finalizing our designs with the SMS system and also working on our case study. For the mini discotech, we will set up a sample survey that allows class members to join and participate in a demo project (receive a real SMS survey!). Our project involves an SMS survey that UYC can use to gather data about students and their experiences in school.
Here is the link to our presentation: UYC Final Presentation
We are in the process of revising and adding to our case study: UYC Case Study
EFF Project Update #11
We have been working with Alvaro from Neo on the Drupal site, which you can view at ssd-staging.eff.org/en. We are still working a bit on the overall look and some of the content. During the mini disco-tech in class on Wednesday, we will have time for everyone to explore the site.
Our presentation for class can be viewed here. We are still finalizing and incorporating feedback into our case study.