HHT Diary
An initiative exploring tools and methods for understanding human travel behavior — how mobility data is collected, and what it can tell us.
Independent research & creation studio · Est. 2026
Curiosity
without
boundaries.
An independent research and creation studio exploring questions, building tools, and experimenting with ideas at the intersection of cities, mobility, technology, and beyond.
01 — Studio
We explore questions, build things, and learn by doing.
Transpenova is a home for ideas, research questions, creative projects, and things worth building. It begins with urban studies, mobility, spatial analytics, and computing — a starting point, not a boundary.
- What are we curious about?
- What are we exploring or building?
- What have we learned along the way?
02 — Projects
TripLibre
A privacy-conscious personal mobility diary for understanding and remembering everyday movement.
More experiments are taking shape. Transpenova is evolving.
03 — About
Meaningful discoveries often begin with simple questions, unexpected connections, and a willingness to experiment.
Experiments, prototypes, and unfinished ideas are welcome here, as long as their status is stated honestly. Projects do not need to become products or publications to be worth documenting.
The name
- Trans
- Transportation, transformation, and crossing boundaries.
- Pen
- A nod to Penn, where the early ideas developed — and to writing as a way of thinking.
- Nova
- New beginnings and unexpected possibilities.
Origins
Transpenova was founded by Zhanchao Yang in 2026 as an independent space for research, experimentation, and creative exploration.