Projects

Apps for Civic Life

Since 2010, the Social Apps Lab has produced over 20 projects where students, faculty, and community participants develop software platforms that encourage democratic habits and foster civic engagement.

Since 2010, the Social Apps Lab has produced over 20 projects where students, faculty, and community participants develop software platforms that encourage democratic habits and foster civic engagement.

Since 2010, the Social Apps Lab has produced over 20 projects where students, faculty, and community participants develop software platforms that encourage democratic habits and foster civic engagement.

Since 2010, the Social Apps Lab has produced over 20 projects where students, faculty, and community participants develop software platforms that encourage democratic habits and foster civic engagement.

A neighborhood brigade in Managua implementing DengueChat

A neighborhood brigade in Managua implementing DengueChat in 2014.

Air Quest

Purpose: Identifying sources of asthma-inducing pollution

Year: 2011

Description:

This project focuses on viable approaches to developing a simulation game that addresses the prevalence of asthma...Read more about Air Quest

App Civist

AppCivist is a social and software platform for direct democratic assembly and collaborative decision-making.

Purpose:

It...Read more about App Civist

Berkeley Barter

Overview

Berkeley Barter institutes an alternative local economy to help residents of the city of Berkeley exchange, trade, and swap their stuff.

Location:...Read more about Berkeley Barter

Black Cloud

Black Cloud

Pwning Asthma Triggers: Health Games as Technologies of Social Engagement...Read more about Black Cloud

Cal Day Photo Hunt

Overview:

Take and post photos of campus life that best show what UC Berkeley is all about.

Location: UC Berkeley

Year: 2011...Read more about Cal Day Photo Hunt

City Sandbox

City Sandbox

Overview:
CitySandbox is a participatory platform enabling users to flag sites on a map of the city of Berkeley about which they want to ask questions, make...Read more about City Sandbox

DengueChatPlus

DengueChatPlus

DengueChatPlus empowers communities to identify and eliminate mosquito breeding sites. It is currently the most effective means to reduce dengue disease risk.

Purpose:

In...Read more about DengueChatPlus

Labs at the Social Apps Lab

Civic App Development Lab

This is a lab-based course. Students will learn to build accessible and transparent interfaces for civic data streams. These lab projects will address how data could operate in civic spaces to increase direct democratic agency in local lives. We...Read more about Labs at the Social Apps Lab

PIC Your Future

Overview

PIC Your Future allows high school students to imagine themselves at UC Berkeley.

Location: UC Berkeley

Year: 2013

...Read more about PIC Your Future

Projects

Apps for Civic Life

Since 2010, the Social Apps Lab has produced over 20 projects where students, faculty, and community participants develop software platforms that encourage democratic habits and foster civic engagement.

Since 2010, the Social Apps Lab has

...Read more about Projects

Synchronicity

Synchronicity

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969525/salesforce-tower-light-display-...Read more about Synchronicity

Tic Toc Tiles

Tic Toc Tiles

Overview

Tic Toc Tiles is an iPad game developed for brain injury rehabilitation....Read more about Tic Toc Tiles

To The Sun

Purpose:

A participatory Carillon concert event composed by Chris Chafe, performed by Tiffany Ng , and created by Greg Niemeyer, Willam Wu and Faye Held with NASA Parker Solar Probe data curated by Chelle Gentemann.

...Read more about To The Sun

Walking Apps

https://citris-uc.org/research/project/wordwalk/

WordWalk, BingoWalk, PokerWalk,

Overview

WordWalk, BingoWalk, and...Read more about Walking Apps

Water Drop

Water Drop

Overview

A game to manage group budgets during the water crisis in Detroit, while keeping up with monthly water bills...Read more about Water Drop

Waves of Data

Waves of Data

Purpose: Waves of Data illuminates pedestrian pathways with interactive lights, making human activities more visible in urban...Read more about Waves of Data