Waag Society @ LIFT Marseille 09

Collaborations between
Users
Designers
Programmers
Artists & Scientists
Publish or Perish => Demo or Die

Persoonlijke, locatiegebonden herinneringen
Uitnodigend meubel, eenvoudige invoer
‘ Rondreizend’ langs bibliotheken
Contextuele ‘oral history’ database
In 2008: interactie tussen ouderen en jongeren
REGISTER van de DAG van GISTER

DEMOCRATIC PARADOX
(Almost) anyone agrees that we need radical changes
to foster sustainable development, but at the moment only small changes are feasible thanks to the political landscape (thank God :) .
Therefore we need to:
Activate and facilitate individuals
Expose and explain consequences of behaviour
Accomodate differences
Help people (US!) to discover their own relationship to the environment, as is fit to individual life styles
Change itself needs t o be sustainable.
Citizens

Affordances
Efficiency & Money
Reduce energy consumption & waste
Planning of low-cost and low-emission trips
Health and Safety
Choosing where to live
Create a greener environment
Improving air quality
Meaning and Fun
Make the world a better place
Include game and goal setting principles
Connections and Belonging
Become member of a community
Create a podium to stand on and get heard

POWER MAPPING DIY MICROGENERATION

QURRENT: GREEN CHALLENGE WINNER OF 2007
http://www.qurrent.com/

OPEN CONTENT OPEN SOFTWARE OPEN HARDWARE

Green City Lab
http://fablab.waag.org/?q=project_logs/1134

USB BIKE CHARGER

Personal Power Plant http://www.instructables.com/id/personal-powerPlant/

EcoMap Amsterdam
Result
A platform for data acquisition, aggregation and presentation
for sustainable development and ecological data
increasing awareness and leading to behavioral change
We build on EcoMap San Francisco and add
Real-time and dynamic data entry and visualization
Personal profiles and ability to compare and set goals
People as sensors / lifestyle elements
With the benefits for the users of
Increasing overall health and quality of life
Cost reduction & increased efficiency and logistics
Increased sense of belonging, achievement & fun

GELUIDSNET (SOUNDNET)

ELEMENTS

SENSORS Pigeon Blog by Beatriz da Costa http://www.pigeonblog.mapyourcity.net/

Montre Verte - FING Picture: Fabien Girardin

Montre Verte - FING

HURDLES
Existing organisations defending their positions
Municipalities
Health Care Organisations
Commercial interests
Apparent lack of alternatives for civilians: what to do?
Measurement problems
Cost and quality of sensors
Ownership and maintenance

PERSONAL TRAVEL AGENT

INCLUSIVE ROUTES

CineGrid Workshop Frank Kresin E-mail: [email_address]

Partners Geluidsnet / FING / Waag Society / TNO / CISCO City of Amsterdam

SUSTAINABILITY
Definition by Brundtland Commission
“ Sustainable development is development that meets the need for the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brundtland_Commission

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Waag Society @ LIFT Marseille 09

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