personalized estimates of environmental exposure and impact PEIR, the Personal Environmental Impact Report, is a new kind of online tool that allows you to use your mobile phone to explore and share how you impact the environment and how the environment impacts you. What's unique about PEIR? Taking a step ...
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The Wilson Center report on Participatory Sensing
http://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1414&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=533675 Congratulations & thanks to Jeff G & Katie for all of their work!!
Earth Day and Mobile Phones, Part 1: Sensing for a Better World
If 2009 is the year of the mobile phone for social impact, then Earth Day should mark a special occasion in this regard. More and more organizations and people are discovering how mobile phones can be used for social impact, including how to use mobile tech for environmental protection, sensing, and to leverage just-in-time information to make our movements and actions more environmentally friendly. Read the full article here.
Personal technology: Phoning in data
Article in Nature News by Roberta Kwok Far from being just an accessory, mobile phones are starting to be used to collect data in an increasing number of disciplines. Read the full article here.
Find the Personal Environmental Impact Report at Wired NextFest
The Personal Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) is at Wired NextFest starting today up until October 12! Come check us out (and some 40 other amazing projects) if you're in the Chicago area. Did I mention it's free? Yeah, it's free, so you really have no excuse. What better way to spend an afternoon than walking around "the premier showcase of the global innovations transforming our world?"
What is PEIR?
In a nutshell, PEIR is a way to track how you interact with the environment. You upload GPS data with your mobile phone, and PEIR estimates both how you impact the environment and how the environment impacts you. What is your carbon footprint? How often are you exposed to high levels of pollution? Login to your online personal profile to find out.See for Yourself
Anyways, I can describe our project all the live long day, but nothing will compare to actually trying it out for yourself, so when you're at NextFest (because I know you're coming), come find PEIR and check out our demos. If you can't make it, don't worry, you can also take PEIR out for a spin at the website. UPDATE : 2008.10.03 Read our press release on Business Wire about PEIR at NextFest.
featured in nokia press
peir was featured in the nokia press. read the article here: Mobile devices analyze users’ environmental impact.
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