Living Architecture Fall 2009 Pratt

Race Around the World
a virtual global marathon team TylerKendraLaura

Goal: to work with a local input to upload onto pachube in order to produce a local and global output for awareness of energy production/consumption
possible tools: twitter, text messaging, GPS, iphone, shoes(pedometer)

Inspiration:
Crowd farming
http://sap.mit.edu/resources/portfolio/crowd_farm/

Geocahing
http://www.geocaching.com/

NIKE ipod and sports kit (pedometers)
NIKE GPS shoes
http://inventorspot.com/articles/fashion_forward_or_fashion_freaky_top_10_geeky_shoes_26423

iphone app (pedometer)

Virtual Marathon – energy and health awareness – harvest human kinetic energy