Live Lab, a case study in Eindhoven, tools for participation

This article gives an impression of the start of one of the winning projects of an EU Tender iCity in Eindhoven, the Netherlands named Live Lab. Live Lab is a virtual and physical platform for sharing knowledge, ideas and experiences and open to residents, government and organizations. LIVE LAB helps to achieve a better living environment by coming up with innovative solutions to implement. It is a mobile and flexible lab with screens / digiboards, voting boxes for the participants, a stand-alone interactive vandal-proof outdoor screen that can be placed in the public space. It is supported by an online environment where background information, chat, exchange of media is possible to prepare the meetings. The project builds on experiments in the past with "Decisions rooms" and the current "Future Centers" only this time with a low budget and in a "easy to use way." Atelier Tom Veeger Art Light Architecture will develop this in close cooperation with Mad emergent art center , it will be part of their project Mindhoven.