At the start of 2019, the MTA introduced a new technology with efforts to speed of bus routes in the NYC boroughs. The Bus Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) system was implemented onto specific buses, eventually spreading onto buses across the five boroughs. Beyond the Bus: A Spatial and Socio-Economic Analysis of MTA Bus Violations […]
Turtles All the Way Down is a hands-on, audience-assisted live-coding demo using Turtle Geometry, a tool from MIT that was used to enable children as young as preschool to learn introductory coding and mathematical operations. The history of Turtle coding, which is rich and varied, touches all aspects of education reform in the US (successful […]
App Microscope is a tool to display the Internet Safety Labs safety label (ISL Safety Label) for mobile applications. The information in the ISL Safety Label is designed to highlight safety risks found in the app when using it as it was designed to be used. ISL calls these inherent risks “programmatic harms”. Most of the […]
Robot for Public Good: Empathy, Ethics, and Play in Human–Robot Interaction is an interactive demo exploring how robots can embody empathy, ethics, and community values while promoting emotional learning. Using an expressive, AI-driven robot, the installation invites visitors to experience how technology can model care, curiosity, and civic awareness. The demo highlights how robots can […]
UPchieve is a nonprofit edtech platform that provides 24/7 free, on-demand tutoring and college support for low-income students. The platform connects students with trained volunteer tutors in real time, so academic help is available whenever and wherever they need it. At the PIT Pop Up, visitors will see both sides of the experience. They can […]
Georgia State University’s Library Research Data Services (RDS) Department launched the Public Interest Data Literacy (PIDLit) Learning Lab, a grant-funded experiential learning course titled “Tackling Food Insecurity.” Offered in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024, the course connected students with local organizations—Panther’s Pantry, Wholesome Wave Georgia, MARTA Markets, and ATLytiCS—to apply data skills toward addressing food […]
How can we use technology to change our city and the world for the better? Join us for an exclusive screening of Roadtrip Nation’s newest documentary “Tech for Us” + a Public Interest Tech conversation at City Tech! Check out the trailer below and RSVP here!
Welcome to the 12th and final day of the NYC PIT Pop Up! Today we wrap up the first ever NYC PIT Pop Up and envision what the future holds for public interest technology. Closing Day Schedule: Daily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm Worlds We Carry Your Peer The Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Worlds We Carry is an interactive installation that invites the public to imagine what we should carry forward into the future, whether into space or here on Earth. Participants are invited to map the places that matter to them – from corner parks to neighborhood restaurants – and share what gives these spaces meaning. Each […]
YourPeer allows service-seekers to find free and low-cost social resources. It’s also a tool to help people assist others who could use those resources. YourPeer helps communities rebuild. Streetlives’ goal is to shorten the time it takes for youth (16-24) to transition from housing instability to being stably housed and thriving. YourPeer and Streetlives are […]
The Reboot is our time to hang out, reflect on the day’s demos, and interact with the online PIT community.
On Friday, January 9th from 12:00pm-6:00pm, the City University of New York Public Interest Technology Lab (CUNY PIT Lab), in partnership with BetaNYC and the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN), will be hosting an open house announcing the re-launch of the NYC PIT Pop-Up after a highly successful debut in the fall of 2025. […]