Energy Conservation using Sensory Technologies

September 22nd, 2007

Video by Honda

Its always interesting seeing how large scale commercial industries have tapped into the ideas of sensory and actuator rich environments. By chance I came accross an entertaining advert by Honda, that asks what if "things knew when they weren’t be used, wouldnt we save a whole load of energy." Of course we are used to systems that hibernate when they haven’t been activated in a while but Honda looks at some of the more unlikely parts of our built environment that could sense and respond to human activity. I personally think there’s more that can be done with these kind of reactive technologies so that they don’t just act with fixed behaviours, but none the less I think its a nice piece of film that I thought I’d share.

Entry Filed under: Environmental, Interactive, Lighting