Two projects by MDes Service Design Innovation and MA Interaction Design Communication students were recently selected by Intel to be exhibited in their tent at Digital Summer Trip 2014.
The projects resulted from a three-week exploratory design project between LCC students and technology giants Intel, focused on new opportunities to adopt and seamlessly integrate environmental sensors into daily life.
The students worked with sensors monitoring noise, light, proximity and air quality, developing prototypes and service scenarios for future applications.
They began with the following questions:
- How can citizens be empowered to change their daily practices and to engage with the environment in new and different ways?
- How can a non-professional public become empowered to generate knowledge about their environmental conditions?
- How can Internet of Things (IoT) objects be configured and designed to repair a broken world?
- What opportunities are there through IoT devices to develop cultural exchanges by gathering information from different regions and countries relating to community/environmental challenges?
Above: LCC students demonstrate their work at Digital Summer Trip 2014
Finished projects ‘EcoFurby’ and ‘Musical Crosswalk’ were chosen as they fitted well with the playful nature of Intel’s other exhibits at the Digital Summer Trip technology show, which took place from 3-5 July at east London’s Tech City.
The event was aimed at educators and secondary school students, and the video below shows pupils interacting with ‘Musical Crosswalk’, designed to encourage pedestrians, and particularly young people, to cross the road safely: