PROJECTS

WEB & MOBILE
B&N nook, eReader & eBooks
B&N AJAX Checkout
My B&N Community
Paparazzi for Facebook
Kleoni.net
Under The Level

PRODUCT & INSTALLATION
Garden Electric
Solar Time
Ulan Perfume Bottle
Digital Camera Prototype

VIDEO & ANIMATION
Zoe & Goby
Habana Labs
Blue Girl
ROM I/O & Juli@

Solar Time

Featured in Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects by Tom Igoe!

A simple metering interface to bring awareness of the potential solar energy available in relation to daily electricity consumption. NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program owns one 80 watt solar panel located on the roof of its building.

Our system logs the amount of solar energy converted to electricity (volts) through a wireless radio system in place on the 12th floor. Solar Time is a physical display which presents current, live readings of the solar energy adjacent to a reading of power consumption locally (specifically the ITP lounge). Our intention is to show what's possible with a single solar panel, and compare that with what we consume on a daily basis. Units will be presented as icons of everyday objects such as TVs and laptops, rather than volts/amps/watts.

View interface sketches and project documentation

May 2007
with Gilad Lotan