Back in October of 2009, Manor, Texas launched an initiative in
collaboration with Stanford University’s Peace Dot project
that positioned the entire city of 6500 residents as an open innovation
platform. Called Manor Labs, the program seeks to turn the town into
a real-world incubator for change, exploring the ways that emerging
technologies can bring efficiencies to city agencies and raise overall
quality of life for the residents. The idea is to eliminate the barriers
associated with taking new processes from the concept stage and scaling
them up to work within the framework existing institutions. The theory
being that there is no virtual model that can replace the results
gleaned from testing out feasibility in an actual setting.
To that end, Manor Labs is a truly global initiative that encourages proposals and from developers and thinkers from around the world who are interested in trailing their solutions for improving everything from public works and city development to mobile information technology. Manor’s CIO explains the solicitation process in the video below:
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