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Starbucks’ WiFi goes Google

Coffee shop + Internet—it’s a pairing that many of us have come to rely on. WiFi access makes work time, downtime, travel time and lots of in-between times more enjoyable and productive. That’s why we’re teaming up with Starbucks to bring faster, free WiFi connections to all 7,000 company-operated Starbucks stores in the United States over the next 18 months. When your local Starbucks WiFi network goes Google, you’ll be able to surf the web at speeds up to 10x faster than before. If you’re in a Google Fiber city, we’re hoping to get you a connection that’s up to 100x faster.

Google has long invested in helping the Internet grow stronger, including projects to make Internet access speedier, more affordable, and more widely available. The free Internet connection at Starbucks has become an important part of many communities over the years, such as in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, or for students without Internet at home who do their homework at Starbucks. 

We’ll start rolling out the new networks this August. We appreciate your patience if it’s still a little while before we get to your favorite Starbucks—you’ll know your new network is ready to go when you can log in to the “Google Starbucks” SSID. 

Posted by Kevin Lo, General Manager, Google Access

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Computational Approach Integrates Contextual Data in Design

A summer residence perched on the rocky shoreline was digitally conceived to highlight how contextual parameters – such as weather and topography – can be the main drivers of design.

Seaside Second Home was the master’s degree project of Joakim Hoen, undertaken at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design. By creating a model for digitally fabricated houses, Hoen argued that processes which lead to the final architectural designare prioritised. This project attempts to integrate contextual data and human dimensions in the digital conception of a series of second homes.

The homes in question are often designed as specific responses to particular sites found along the Norwegian coastline, characterised by bare rocks, marine climate and spectacular views. Instead of designing a single discrete cabin, the project establishes data structures, describing the relationship between the various needs of the inhabitants and the extrinsic data that articulates the layers of the building envelope.

A series of custom software tools were developed. The first set interfaced with Meteorologisk Institutt and Statens Kartverk to effectively gather and prepare weather and light detection data for use in the design process. The next used this data in a generative process leading to similar but different designs for each site.

Simultaneously, a spatial idea was developed based on a continuous space where vertical communication is the space and that this space is divided by inclining the floor and ceiling surfaces to block off or provide visual contact between functions as one moves through the building. This challenged not only the way we look at ‘the floor’ but also the cellular room arrangement.

Photos courtesy of Joakim Hoen.

"Credo che prima di pensare alla tecnologia dobbiamo pensare alla consapevolezza di fare tecnologia, allenandoci alla creatività, al talento ed alla sensibilità che va educata ed alimentata continuamente con gli strumenti culturali adeguati.
Bisogna allenare i bambini all’educazione dell’uso della tecnologia, alla bellezza e alla forza che ha l’Italia creativa. 
Nell’attesa che l’Italia esca da questo “sonno”, alleniamoci imparando e copiando dagli stranieri, andando nelle loro città, con umiltà di apprendere per cambiare questa nostra presunzione”