> People living in crowded cities think there is some sort of shortage of space. Too true. When I spent some time in an urban technology research lab, the res

> People living in crowded cities think there is some sort of shortage of space. Too true. When I spent some time in an urban technology research lab, the researchers and students gravitated strongly toward projects described as "a little tiny $X that you can carry with you." Their focuses narrowed from stage performances to screen-based art. In the Indra's web of city life, the wide, open space of rural areas was not only forgotten, but incomprehensible and unavailable as a resource for deployment.