Tag > participative ecology

Via Mobile Active From traffic to construction to everyday chatter, noise pollution is a part of city life. But with the ubiquity of mobiles, documenting noise pollution is getting a little bit easier. NoiseTube and LHR NoiseMap are two projects that use mobile phones to record and map instances of noise pollution. NoiseTube uses crowd-sourcing to monitor noise pollution. Users with GPS-enabled phones can install a free application that measures the noise level wherever they are. Users tag the recordings with a description of the noise, its source, the time of day, and other...

    Last Monday I attended Frontiers of Interaction V , where I gave a talk on Participative Ecology . The conference took place in Rome, at the wonderful Acquario Romano,  Casa dell'Architettura .   I was really excited to be there, because I consider Frontiers the most interesting interaction design event in Italy.   Frontiers is organized and produced by Leandro...