Came across mashups of earth lights on google maps and Moon maps showing moon landings – excellent. On the former i was amazed to see the comparison of light levels in Middlesbrough and the NE compared to London and SE.
One to consider if you don’t want the bundled apps that come with crossbow networks.
Another cool example of people visualising energy usage but also developing the theme of ambient devices…. [from information aesthetics]
This technology has been around for 30 years (Mecanum wheel, Wikipedia) or so but this is the first time I have seen it in action. The movie is much more compelling than an image or sketch of the concept. [from – Signal vs. Noise by 37signals]
Crossbow – we are using this product at Arup – the Mica2, Mica2 dot and more recently the Micaz. Gateways include the MIB510 (with USB adapter) and the MIB600 ethernet gateway. Sensor boards include the MTS300 and 310’s, the MTS420 and the MDA500. We also have the Moteworks software. Whilst