Salford’s MediaCityUK is installing technology to enable conversations with street furniture, such as lamp posts, benches or flower planters, to get feedback from the public, via text message.
London-based Hello Lamp Post is bringing state-of-the-art interactive Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to various sites across the creative, digital and tech destination which will encourage the public to have their say in shaping its future.
This is the first of many Hello Lamp Post roll-outs across the UK and abroad, designed to bridge the gap between citizen experience and the shaping of public spaces for the future.
Everyone from workers, to residents and visitors will be able to interact with their surroundings by scanning a QR code on a public object such as a planter or bench, enabling them to engage in a two-way conversation via text, receiving real-time answers to their questions as well as…
