AMBITIONS/BOSTON

ACTUAL AIR

JamaicaPlain

Roxbury

NorthDorchester

SouthDorchester

2 0 2 Miles

1.1–2.6

2.6–4.1

4.1–5.7

5.7–7.2

7.2–8.7

Asthma rate

DR. GEORGE ALLENINTERVIEW 10.05.10MEMBER OF AIRBEAT TEAM

“ATTEMPTS AT CITIZEN BASED DATA COLLECTION HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE DISASTER.”

DR. DOUGLAS DOCKERYChair, Department of Environmental HealthProfessor of Environmental Epidemiology Harvard School of Public HealthINTERVIEW 10.19.10

“MONITORING STATIONS AREN’T PLACED IN LOCATIONS WHICH ARE MEANINGFUL TO INDIVIDUALS.”

DR. JONATHAN LEVYAdjunct Associate Professor of Environmental HealthDepartment of Environmental HealthDepartment of Health Policy and ManagementBOSTON UNIVERSITYINTERVIEW 11.01.10

“OVERWHELM THE PROBLEM WITH DATA”

FRAMEWORK/PROCESS/METHODOLOGY

WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS?VIRTUAL COMMONS SPACEWHERE DOES THIS TAKE PLACE? GEO-SPECIFICSSOCIAL CURRENCY - EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INFORMATION

FRAMEWORK METHODOLOGY PROCESS

FRAMEWORK/STAKEHOLDERS

*INDIVIDUAL students residents commuter

*COMMUNITY GROUPS united neighbors of lower roxbury dudley street neighborhood association

*RESEARCHERS SCIENTISTS harvard school public health boston university school of public health

*POLICY MAKERS + POLITICIANS -city of boston -e.p.a region one

STAKEHOLDERS

FRAMEWORK/VIRTUAL PUBLIC/DATACOMMONS

VIRTUAL COMMONS

www.roxburyair.com

LINKS

FORUM

BLOG

*VIRTUAL COMMONS*DATA + IDENTITY*REMAPPING?

FRAMEWORK/GEO SPECIFIC/PHYSICAL DOMAINS

GEOSPECIFICS

*CONCEPTUAL TARGETS indoor outdoor public private personal

*SPECIFIC TARGETS / MICRO-ENVIRONMENTS dudley square lower roxbury I-93 dorchestor

*HOW IS KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED?

*OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

*OUTPUTS POLICY MAKERS / POLITICIANS RESEARCHERS / SCIENTISTS PUBLIC LOCAL COMMUNITY PERSONAL

FRAMEWORK/SOCIAL CURRENCY

SOCIAL CURRENCY

INDIVIDUAL SPACE OF

CONCERNOUTPUT

POLICYMAKERS

PUBLIC

RESEARCHERS

PERSONAL

VIRTUAL COMMUNITY

INPUT

DATA COMMONSVIRTUAL PUBLICEXCHANGE

COMMUNITY GROUPS

ACCESS TO

RESOURCES

FRAMEWORK/PROCESS

HOW WOULD YOU INCORPORATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR INTO YOUR PERSONAL ENVIRONMENT?

MELANIE

“theater person”brookline,ma

11.19.10Pavement Coffee

House

HEATHER

architecture student wentworth institute of technologyboston,ma11.19.10library @ wit

TYSHAUNdorchestor resident11.21.10GSD

MIKEcambridge gsd student

AIR AIR AIR

AIR AIR AIR

EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE

THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF

TOOL/RESOURCES

bike

sensory kit

ACTUAL AIR BOSTON.COM

SHARING NETWORK

TUTORIAL KITS

1

2

MICROPROCESSOR$6.00-30.00

SENSORSfi garo tgs 820automobileand diesal exhaust

fi garo tgs 822voc

$6.00 - 20.00

exhaustsensor

pont.

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#define LED 9 //the pin for the led

int gasSensor = 0; // select input pin for gasSensor

int val = 0; // variable to store the value coming from the sensor

void setup () {

Serial.begin(9600);

pinMode(LED, OUTPUT); // LED is as an OUTPUT

}

void loop() {

val = analogRead(gasSensor); // read the value from the pot

Serial.println(val);

delay(100);

val = analogRead(gasSensor); //read the value from the sensor

if (val >17){

digitalWrite(9, LOW); //turn the led on

delay(100);

digitalWrite(9, HIGH); //turn the led on

delay(100);

}

if (val <17){

digitalWrite(9, LOW); //turn the led on

}

}

UNFILTEREDLUCKY STRIKES11.17.10 HARVARD GSD10:30 a.m

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