Summer of Smart

Video: Paula K. Jones of SFDPH Speaks at SoS Weekend 3

GAFFTA — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:16:13 +0000

Paula K. Jones Speaks at the Summer of Smart. Paula K. Jones, Director of Food Systems for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, speaks at Summer of Smart Weekend on Public Health, Food, Nutrition, and Urban Agriculture.

Video: Esther Dyson Keynote at SoS Weekend 3

GAFFTA — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:00:36 +0000

Esther Dyson speaks at the Summer of Smart. Esther Dyson gives a keynote talk at the Summer of Smart weekend on Public Health, Nutrition, and Food.

Video: Dr. Jordan Shlain Keynote at SoS Weekend 3

GAFFTA — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:00:32 +0000

Dr. Jordan Shlain speaks at the Summer of Smart. Dr. Jordan Schlain gives a keynote talk at the Summer of Smart weekend on Public Health, Nutrition, and Food.

Video: Ann Veneman Keynote at SoS Weekend 3

GAFFTA — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:00:28 +0000

Ann Veneman Speaks at The Summer of Smart. Ann Veneman, former Secretary of Agriculture, gives a keynote talk at the Summer of Smart on Public Health, Nutrition, and Food.

Building Online Communities to Improve Public Health

GAFFTA — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:29:36 +0000

Today, one in every three adults is considered obese, roughly 33.8% of the U.S. adult population. Obese children consist of 17% (or 12.5 million), from the ages of 2-19 years old. [Data from the National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES)]. These are staggering numbers that continue to climb unless we find solutions: collaborating, collecting and [...]

Video: Christine Outram on SoS Project GoodBuildings.Info

GAFFTA — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:48:37 +0000

Christine Outram of MIT’s SENSEable Cities Lab reports on her team’s progress from the Summer of Smart Urban Innovation Weekend, at 10:00 PM on July 23 2011. Eight teams developed projects in the Sustainability, Energy, and Transportation arena. Several of the teams, including this one, are working to crowdsource data to create solutions that allow [...]

Video: David Chiu on Civic Innovation

GAFFTA — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:34:22 +0000

San Francisco Board of Supervisors President and mayoral candidate David Chiu discusses his ideas for bringing innovation to city government, and how he feels Summer of Smart’s approach to civic engagement and problem solving is unique.

Urban Innovation Hackathon Wrap-up and Party Sunday, July 24 at 4:00

GAFFTA — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:46:15 +0000

Seven groups, 48 hours, 100 folks working through the night finding ways to improve San Francisco’s buildings and transit systems and build more sustainable, resilient communities. GAFFTA’s second Summer of Smart urban innovation hackathon is wrapping up, and we’re inviting you to come by and check out the fruits of our labor! Join us at [...]

Hacking, Sustainability, and DIY Urbanism Through the Night at Summer of Smart

GAFFTA — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:14:45 +0000

This guest post was written by Jessica Pearce of GovFresh. It’s 9:15 on Friday night, and there are over 100 people milling around the GAFFTA headquarters in the historic Warfield Building. Wandering around, you hear one group talking about using current and historical Muni data to, in the words of GAFFTA’s co-founder and Chairman Peter Hirshberg, “make the bus [...]

Diving into Energy Data: Open Data’s Next Frontier

GAFFTA — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:00:22 +0000

Here at GAFFTA, we are incredibly excited about the focus areas for the projects in our second Urban Innovation Weekend, coming up this weekend, July 22-24. Not only is the city helping us access new transportation data sets specifically for this event, but we are also tackling the topic of energy-use – an issue that [...]