Living Lab
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Living Lab
A Living Lab is a collaborative research environment that combines real-world settings with technology-based solutions to develop and test new technologies, products, services, and processes that can be used to improve the quality of life in a given area. It is an open innovation model that leverages the use of both physical and digital infrastructure to enable user-driven innovation. Living Labs promote the use of real-world settings for rapid prototyping and testing of ideas, products, and services. The process typically involves a multi-methodology approach that includes user research, co-creation, and co-development. This process enables the evaluation of products and services in the context of their real-world use. Living Labs are characterized by their user-centric approach, which means that stakeholders from different disciplines and sectors are involved in the development process at all stages, from ideation to implementation. Living Labs are founded on the principles of open access and sharing of resources, while creating an environment of collaboration and co-creation between users, developers, and innovators. Furthermore, Living Labs allow for the use of data-driven decision making during the development process. This helps to identify opportunities for new services, products, and business models, as well as to evaluate, test, and validate the effectiveness of existing solutions. Living Labs are typically established in urban or rural areas, and they focus on addressing specific challenges faced by the community. These challenges may include issues related to mobility, energy, health, education, and the environment. Living Labs provide a platform for stakeholders to work together to develop and test solutions that can address these challenges. The solutions developed in Living Labs are designed to be scalable and replicable, so that they can be implemented in other communities facing similar challenges. In summary, Living Labs are collaborative research environments that enable user-driven innovation through the integration of research, development, and user engagement. They are characterized by their user-centric approach, open access, and data-driven decision making. Living Labs focus on addressing specific challenges faced by the community and developing scalable and replicable solutions.
collaborative research, user-driven innovation, open access, data-driven decision making, scalable solutions
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Living Lab
Living Labs are bottom-up, open innovation ecosystems that allow for and facilitate user-centric, collaborative research, innovation and development activities in the real world and in real time. They provide a platform for the development of new services, products, and business models, as well as for testing and validating solutions in an interactive and interdisciplinary way. Living Labs focus on user-driven design and experimentation, which means that stakeholders from different disciplines and sectors are involved in the development process at all stages, from ideation to implementation. Living Labs are founded on the principles of open access and sharing of resources, while creating an environment of collaboration and co-creation between users, developers and innovators. Furthermore, Living Labs allow for the use of data-driven decision making during the development process. This helps to identify opportunities for new services, products and business models, as well as to evaluate, test and validate the effectiveness of existing solutions.
Smart cities, open innovation, user innovation, open source design, user centered design, living prototypes.
Living Lab
Living labs are an approach to innovation that engages citizens, businesses, and other stakeholders in a collaborative process of research and development. It is an open innovation model that leverages the use of both physical and digital infrastructure to enable user-driven innovation. Through the integration of research, development and user engagement, living labs promote the use of real-world settings for rapid prototyping and testing of ideas, products and services. The process typically involves a multi-methodology approach that includes user research, co-creation, and co-development. This process enables the evaluation of products and services in the context of their real-world use.
Living labs, open innovation, user research, co-creation, co-development.
Living Lab
A Living Lab is an experimental research environment that combines real-world settings with technology-based solutions. It is typically a collaborative effort between researchers, industry, and local government, and it focuses on research and development in the field of technology-based solutions. These solutions are designed to be tested in real-world settings to assess their effectiveness and potential. Living Labs are used to develop and test new technologies, products, services, and processes that can be used to improve the quality of life in a given area.
Living Lab, Smart Cities, Urban Innovation, Technology Solutions.
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