{"id":18038,"date":"2013-04-17T10:33:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T08:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=18038"},"modified":"2013-04-17T10:33:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T08:33:35","slug":"reinvent-payphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/17\/reinvent-payphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinvent payphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/habrahabr.ru\/post\/176937\/\">this Habrahabr post<\/a> (in Russian), I&#8217;ve learned about a <a href=\"http:\/\/reinventpayphones.splashthat.com\/\">Reinvent payphones initiative<\/a>, which I think is pretty cool. \u00a0According to the article, the contract for provision of payphone services for the New York City expires in 2014. \u00a0So the mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has started the initiative to figure out what would be the best use for such a vast infrastructure (around 11,000 booths throughout the city). \u00a0Some of the ideas are really cool, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">Free WiFi hotspot<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Power socket for recharging mobile devices<\/li>\n<li>Weather and air quality censors<\/li>\n<li>Location and other information (&#8220;you are here&#8221;, places around, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Ad-supported free services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some of the project suggestions: <a href=\"http:\/\/nycdigital.tumblr.com\/post\/44716967568\/reinvent-payphones-winner-beacon-best-visual-design\">beacon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nycdigital.tumblr.com\/post\/44716283793\/reinvent-payphones-winner-nyfi-best-connectivity\">NYFi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nycdigital.tumblr.com\/post\/44716521352\/smartsidewalks\">smart sidewalks<\/a>. \u00a0Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/newtechcity\/blogs\/new-tech-city-blog\/2013\/mar\/05\/redesigning-nycs-11412-payphones-digital-age\/\">read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Via this Habrahabr post (in Russian), I&#8217;ve learned about a Reinvent payphones initiative, which I think is pretty cool. \u00a0According to the article, the contract for provision of payphone services for the New York City expires in 2014. \u00a0So the mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has started the initiative to figure out what would be the best &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/17\/reinvent-payphones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reinvent payphones<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[90,1336,1353,1143,2395],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-18038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-communications","tag-inspiration","tag-new-york","tag-telephony","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7914,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/09\/16\/payphone-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":18038,"position":0},"title":"Payphone Project","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 16, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"There are all sorts of hobbies out there. 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