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Air Pollution Booth - An Interactive Installation #2

Open RocketD0g opened 8 years ago

RocketD0g commented 8 years ago

An idea I think originally from @jflasher and something we discussed in UB a long time ago but could actually be done in RT using OpenAQ :) -

Build a booth that lets you experience real-time air quality (or historical) for various places around the world for a few minutes. I was told by a lawyer that we would need to get individuals accessing the booth at all to sign a waiver.

Another idea that a colleague proposed was rather having a screen up that changes opacity. So, if done on the DC Mall, for instance, you'd see the Capitol Building crystal-clear through it, if the screen were displaying typical AQ for DC. If the AQ changed to a more polluted place, the opacity would change accordingly.