A small vehicle that looks like a Jetsons version of a smart car rests in a room at MITs Media Lab. Heres how it works. When parking, the rear of the electric CityCar slides under the chassis, allowing the body to fold up into a compact shell. Once folded, the CityCar will fit into a space just one-third the size of a standard parking spot. A single door on the front of the car pops open, allowing the driver to step out onto the sidewalk.麻省理工学院（MIT）的媒体实验室中停放在着一辆小型车，它看上去就像《摩登家庭》中的智能车。它的工作原理是这样的：行驶时，电动城市智能微型车（CityCar）的尾部湿到底盘下面，车体拉链成一个灵活的壳状。拉链一起以后，这辆车只必须标准停车位1/3的空间就能停放在。

同时，车头的单门可以打中，让司机踏上人行道。The CityCar is just one example of how MITs Changing Places group envisions the urban lifestyle of 2022. In October the world population hit 7 billion, and now for the first time in history more than half of the worlds population lives in urban centers. MIT is studying how to house and move all those people in ways that will make urban living still bearable. Says Kent Larson, the programs director: Were focusing on more efficient uses of resources, on ways to lower costs and energy use and at the same time increase personal space. Larson sees the CityCar, for example, as fitting into the shared-use programs already gaining traction through companies such as ZipCar (ZIP) and Getaround. The cars would complement what he hopes will be a full system of sharing, from bicycles and scooters for shorter commutes to cars for longer jaunts. A prototype of the CityCar built by MIT and the Spanish company DenokInn will be unveiled at European Union headquarters in Brussels this month under the project name Hiriko.城市微型车只是麻省理工学院的一对一研究小组（MITs Changing Places group）设想的2022年城市生活方式中的1个例子。10月份，世界人口超过了70亿人，而有史以来，如今首次有多达半数的世界人口生活在城市中心。

麻省理工学院正在研究如何在保持城市生活的基础上解决问题这些人口的居住于和交通问题。该项目的负责人肯特拉尔森说道：我们侧重研究更加有效地的资源利用方式，以及如何在降低成本和能源用量的同时减少个人空间。拉尔森指出城市微型智能车与Zipcar和Getaround等公司方兴未艾的汽车分享服务异曲同工。他希望这种车需要协同跑完短途的自行车、小型摩托车和跑完长途的车辆，联合构成完善的拼车系统。

这款由麻省理工学院和西班牙公司DenokInn生产的城市微型车样车本月初将在坐落于布鲁塞尔的欧盟（European Union）总部亮相，其所属项目名名为Hiriko。MITs Media Lab is also working on what it dubs the CityHome. Again, greater flexibility is key. The CityHome concept takes a Murphy-bed approach. A bedroom can double as anything from a kitchen to a personal gym with stoves, fridges, and StairMasters swinging out from hidden panels in the walls. Larson says that the customization cost for a small apartment would be as much as $30,000. However, the savings of paying for a one-room studio that functions as a three-room apartment could be 10 times that amount. MIT hopes to launch pilot programs in the Boston area.麻省理工学院媒体实验室还积极开展了取名为CityHome的智能家居项目。某种程度，其关键要素在于更大的灵活性。CityHome概念接纳了墨菲多功能床的理念。

1间卧室可以兼作多种用途，既可以做到厨房、也可以用于个人健身房，里面有烤炉、冰箱，还有通过隐形活页相同在墙上的隐形活动班霸牌楼梯机（StairMasters）。拉尔森说道，为小户型自定义智能家居的费用有可能将低约30,000美元。

然而，这种可以当作三居室公寓的单居室工作室节约的钱有可能是这个数字的10倍。麻省理工学院期望在波士顿地区展开试点。The system can be customized to fit different income brackets. Want a Sub-Zero to pop out of your wall? The benefit for real estate developers is that they can stack more units into each building. The biggest hang-up for adoption? Parking spaces for the denser housing. The problem is solved surprise by matching the CityHome with the CityCar.这种家居系统可以定做，以适应环境有所不同收益阶层的市场需求。

想要把Sub-Zero冰箱（美国高档冰箱品牌学术著作）嵌进墙壁里吗？没问题。而对房地产开发商来说，益处在于他们可以在每座楼里搭起更加多套房子。那么，使用智能家居系统的仅次于困难是什么呢？那就是当住户更加密集时，停车位就不会显得更加紧绷。

但令人伤心的是，这个问题某种程度可以获得解决问题，那就是：将CityCar和CityHome设施用于。