http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:57:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/zurich-buses-and-mobile-networks-may-soon-monitor-air-quality.html Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:35:47 +0000 The Swiss take the public in public transport to heart and have proposed a way to use buses to track air pollution.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/balloon-helps-citizens-quickly-visualize-and-monitor-air-quality.html Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:45:08 +0000 Aerophile, an entertainment company that builds helium balloons for attractions and amusement rides, has transformed one balloon in Paris into a simple environmental indicator.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/monitoring-environmental-conditions-for-better-health.html Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:06:22 +0000 How can we better monitor the spaces we live in for potential health risks?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/bio-detectives-german-airport-uses-bees-to-monitor-air-quality.html Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:06:29 +0000 Honey samples are regularly tested to oversee environmental health. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/living-light-monitors-seoul-air.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:18 +0000 "Living Light" is a piece of public art that uses networked panels to reveal the real-time air quality of each neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/inflatable-dinosaur-measures-air-quality.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:54:15 +0000 The Huntington Beach Art Center in California is currently holding an exhibition of three site responsive installations entitled “Land, Sea, Air” until September 6th. One of the three exhibits is “Prana”- an inflatable dinosaur that measures and visualizes the quality of air in Huntington Beach. Every ten seconds, Prana collects new data from the cross-government agency website airnow.gov,  and changes color (utilizing an internal light) from green to red based upon the information it receives. You can view a gallery of the exhibit here. Related on PSFK Cleaning the Air With Plants Yields Dramatic Results Giant Billboards Visualize Noise PollutionRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/cleaning-the-air-with-plants-yields-dramatic-results.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:08:46 +0000 Cleaning the air with plants is not necessarily novel news, but a TED 2009 presentation has shown just how powerful this natural method can be. Kamal Meattle explained his experiment which used 3 plants known for their air detoxing capabilities to scrub up the polluted interior air at the Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park in New Delhi, India. The results were nothing short of amazing. The New York Times explains: At about four plants per occupant (1200 plants in all), the building’s air freshened considerably, and the health and productivity results were staggering. Eye irritation dropped byRead more...]]>