The Amphibious Architecture Project
In a collaborative effort between the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the Environmental Health Clinic at New York University, two Amphibious Architecture installations have been exploring new ways of how inhabitants above and under water can interact with each other.
A network of reactive buoys collects information from above and below the surface of the water. Through various SMS short codes, humans can text the fish and access information on water quality, presence of fish and other monitored data. Human interest elicits interaction between fish and sensors by stimulating them with changing light conditions, creating a continuous loop of feedback between the two environments.
[via The Living New York]
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Kyle Studstill is a regular contributor to PSFK.com. Kyle works as a consultant working at the New York office of PSFK. His background is in analysis, from the analysis of cultural and technological change, to analysis of consumer and human insight, to military intelligence analysis with the US Intelligence and Security Command. Kyle loves the future, much like O'Brien from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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| TOPICS: | Design & Architecture, Environmental / Green, Web & Technology |
| TAGS: | Green Architecture, motion sensor, SMS, water quality |
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