the mit senseable city laboratory aims to investigate and anticipate how digital technologies are changing the way people live and their implications at the urban scale. director carlo ratti founded the senseable city lab in 2004 within the city design and development group at the department of urban studies and planning, as well as in collaboration with the mit media lab. recent projects include "the copenhagen wheel" which debuted at the 2009 united nations climate change conference, "trash_track" shown at the architectural league of new york and the seattle public library, "new york talk exchange" featured in the moma the museum of modern art, and "real time rome" included in the 2006 venice biennale of architecture.