tweenbots
I got this link from a mailing list about an interesting concept. Basically it’s an experiment about putting something vulnerable and insignificant like a small robot with it’s final destination tagged on it and determine people’s response. Do they ignore it? Or interfere? The experiment takes place in New York, one of the well known busiest cities.
The results were surprising in that every tweenbot eventually got to their destination unharmed with random people’s help. Some just pointing the tweenbot to the right direction, some “saving” it from danger when it got stuck or was heading towards dangerous places like roads.
Read more about “tweenbots” here.
