DT Contact - Thai Le

I met with Thai Le this week, he is a student in the design technology (DT) department. He seemed very willing to help us out and help answer our questions throughout the project. One of the projects he is working on now is very similar to our project.

Next week Jenny and I will meet with him, he has agreed to show us the DT department and introduce us to a teacher that could also help us. We will also look at the lab they have upstairs.

Intelligent Intersections - Tobi

http://kisd.de/~tobi/philips/intelligent_intersection/

Sorry for Delay

Hi,

I just wanted to say, that I was having a really intense shortterm project this week which took me almost every day from morning till midnight to work. It ended today so I will pu my concept on the blog this weekend...

sorry

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Skype Meeting Conclusions

Today we discussed sensory techniques and materiality.  We determined the using CAMERAS would be the most effective way of tracking pedestrians.  

For materials, we feel the most efficient way would be the use of of FIBER OPTICS and LEDs.  This will minimize the use of energy and can be used in conjunction with a computer interface.

We determined that it is necessary to warn the driver by using this signage the behavior of the pedestrian before they arrive at the intersection.  We still need to determine how far in terms of distance and time the driver needs to know.

This week we will come up with 1 or 2 concepts of how the driver is alerted.  Some methods to consider:

Flashing Lights 

Color Gradients

Intensity Gradients

Animation

We also want to consider this application going beyond the intersection and along the sidewalks that lead up to the curb.  Concepts will be up on the blog by Friday's meeting.

Pedestrian Recognition - Skype

http://kisd.de/~tobi/sensors/

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