Geopact
2020

with
Dave Murray-Rust
,
Ella Tallyn
,
Evan Morgan
&
Design Informatics

A system of smart-contract enabled courier boxes.

About the project:

GeoPact is a physical toolkit for prototyping and roleplaying blockchain-backed services for the transport and logistics sector. What is a smart contract? What would a delivery service look like if it used smart contracts? How would this change the lived experiences of couriers and clients? GeoPact seeks to answer these questions in a fun and engaging way.

The system was used to facilitate a number of research projects at the University of Edinburgh.

It was also presented to the public at: Tate Exchange (London); the University of Warwick (Coventry); and the Scottish Parliament Building (Edinburgh).

Publications:

Enacting the last mile: Experiences of smart contracts in courier deliveries
Ella Tallyn
,
Joe Revans
,
Evan Morgan
,
Keith Fisken
&
Dave Murray-Rust
. 2021.
In: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
GeoPact: Engaging publics in location-aware smart contracts through technological assemblies
Ella Tallyn
,
Joe Revans
,
Evan Morgan
&
Dave Murray-Rust
. 2020.
In: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference.

Gallery:

GeoPact at Tate Exchange:


Attributions:

GeoPact was funded by:

Further credits:

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