Lets go by the assumption that the products i've been researching are all incorporating "engaging visual design," and provide a basic element of understanding energy usage, otherwise that is just going to get in the way.
The Energy Aware Clock - 'Researching' | ReflOw - 'Videos | Backboards - 'Low Tech' | Monitors - 'In Home Displays' | Energy Rehab & Energy Literacy Program - 'More Videos...' | all the monitors - 'Monitoring..Some More'
Effective Elements:
1. Easy to read
2. Visually creative & engaging
3. Great concepts
Limitations:
1. Lack of context of the wider problem eg global warming, non-renewable resources etc
2. Some only cover one resource at a time
3. Information is unappealing and hard to understand in some circumstances
4. The info is only relevant overall and not for separate outlets
5. It is not immediate - the information is not smack-you-in-the-face: you need to look either at the gadget or online/phone.
HUD Test - 'Space' |
Just a visual in the form of Iron Man, the information conveyed is pretty interesting. It has a consistent style with lots of star-trekky graphics, user-interface to the max and graphs/tables/tabs/windows etc. Specs: fluid movement, blue/green neon glow, simple mathematical based shapes mixed with illustrator patterning/lines and varying layering of elements.
Photovoltaic Glass - 'Space' | OLED - 'OLED'
PV glass is essentially solar panelling. They generate power, filter UV and IR, insulate, can illuminate, transparent/translucent/reflective/opaque and can incorporate other technologies ie touch screen. Onyx Solar has a pretty interesting site that explains things better: Onyx Solar. In the Corning video, PV glass is EVERYWHERE in the house, which is
great for the multi-tasking, super-dooper busy individual without apparently a "shut-off".
They divvy-up the materials into:
1. LCD (3D) television glass - for, of course TVs
2. Architectural display & surface glass - for mirrors, screens, stoves, cooktops, benches
3. Appliance veneer glass - fridges, ovens
4. Handheld display glass - phones, portable games
5. Automotive display & design glass - cars, trucks, planes, trains, boats
6. Large format/pane display glass - signage
7. All weather surface glass - bus stops, windows
8. Wall format display glass - removes the need for projectors or 'smart boards'
9. Work surface display glass - 'smart tables'
10. Electronics-ready glass - ....pretty sure this is another way to say PV glass
11. Flexible display glass - electronic 'paper'
12. Portable display glass - thicker/rigid electronic 'paper'
Along the same lines of the PV glass, OLEDs are Organic Light-Emitting Diodes which I explained in the post. It looks pretty cool and can be used (hypothetically in future) the same as PV Glass. However, both of these technologies aren't advanced enough as of yet.
Ipad House - 'Idea' | Adobe Ad - 'The Thing About Projectors'
Openarch's Ipad House focuses on projection and sensor systems that turn a house/apartment into an interactive living space. The adobe ad uses projectors too. I hate projectors. Enough said.
Digital Wallpaper - 'Idea' & 'The Thing About Projectors' | Microsoft - 'The Thing About Projectors'
While cool and all, some utilise projectors and the rest arn't as effective/adjustable. So no. I have no idea how Microsoft see these things in a tech sense. No info is put forth explaining anything. At all. So while it looks fancy-pants, its just a bit lame.
Info Graphics - 'Facts Are Sacred' & 'Virtual Water' & 'The Future of Solar'
These are all great info graphics. Basically they are informative and engaging...which is all they need to be really....
Tech - 'E-Inkey Keyboard Concept' | Glo - 'Glo Nightlight' | Power boards - 'Power'
These products are all just super cool, kinda relate on some level to the project and I want each of them.
K. Done!
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