*Hola, los invito a votar por este proyecto que está participando en el concurso "greeners gadgets" de core77.
http://www.core77.com/greenergadgets/entry.php?projectid=22 Saludo, Diana *________________________________________________ *Social-environmental Station (Environmental traffic light)* *Hernando Barragan* There are environmental phenomena that are far from the experience and knowledge of people. For instance, when we speak of temperature and give it a value of 25 degrees Celsius, we easily have an idea of what it means, but when we talk about 2.1ppm CO2 it is not the case. The same occurs with phenomena such as humidity, air pressure, etc. which also cannot be perceived easily with our senses. For people to understand these phenomena they need to become familiar with them. It is necessary to start thinking about information systems, data visualization and the interaction with them that encourage understanding and contribute to disseminating this knowledge. Urban planning has provided rules for issues such as insulation, height, usage etc., but equally important facts like the various interactions of the ecosystems in which we are immersed are often ignored and neglected. Just as there are traffic lights that help us regulate traffic vehicular and pedestrian, why not to talk about environmental signals that support decision making on environmental issues? They could give us information - not only phenomena but also the environmental state of our ecosystems. We can imagine these lights in different parts of the city, in parks - in contaminated or abandoned contexts. The environmental traffic light consists of a series of units for independent phenomena; each has sensors displays that provide visual information to the public about the measurement on site. The collected data is sent over the network and stored for further analysis. ________________________________________________ The environmental traffic light is an open project; its designs and processes are public. It is built on the Wiring project. This project is developed in a series of workshops at the Architecture and Design school, Universidad de Los Andes directed by professors Hernando Barragan and Felipe Mesa with the class students. Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia _______________________________________________ ____ ____ ___ ____ _ _ ___ |__| |__/ / |___ \/ |__] | | | \ /__ |___ _/\_ | Arzexp mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slow.tk/listinfo.cgi/arzexp-slow.tk
