Green City

                                                                                                                   Jahlil-krystal-james

THE PROBLEM STATEMENT: People not knowing there communities wells so this map will help them find local hot spots

(places with wifi, bicycle places, trash cans that are solar powered, etc)  

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: It is a 3D map of the south end area complete with buildings and streets.

There will be a grid of LED lights underneath the mapped area screen-shot, they will light up where there is a location/ hotspot that is unknown to people.

It helps people know where locations and local hotspots are and so that they can be more aware of their surroundings. 

TECHNOLOGIES AND MODULES:

     Fab Lab: the design of the map 

     Arduino: the lights underneath the mapped area

     Molding resin/ cans and bottles?: the buildings

MATERIALS:

      http://www.scrollsawer.com/forum/beginner/1917.htm

     http://www.objet.com/customer_support/ordering_resin_north_america/ 

     Home depot 

PROS AND CONS:

Cons 

-may be difficult to change the buildings and the map if needed 

-won't have all the street names to help lost people

-has to be plugged into a wall

Pros

-it shows you locations of hot spots

-it uses recycled materials to send a message 

-it gives you some knowledge of your neiborhood

Questions & problems

will it be able to be updated when needed?

will we plug in wall or use batteries?

were will it be stationed?

progress report for July-12

goals for the day

-download google sketch 

-work on google sketch

-build platform

progress report for July-13

goals for the day

- make a few prototype buildings

- save the laser cutter measurements on a flash drive

- continue Google sketch up

- draw up a plan of the case for the screen

- learn to use shop bot

progress report for July-14

goals for the day

- continue model (hopefully finish) make out of acrylic

- get screen to work

- figure out what we're gonna do

Progress report for July-15

Goals for the day

-finish making the prototype using cardboard and acrylic material

-use scratch to show how we're going to show the map under the city 

-get the screen to work 

Progress report for July-21

Goals for the day

-Focus on getting the screen ready and making it work with the project

-finish make all the scaled down buildings out of acrylic

-use scratch  to get the information for the screen

-make the screen covering

Progress report for July-22

-Complete scratch portion w/ scratch board

- do cardboard version of screen case save measurments for acrylic

- know what were using the buildings for

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Video Links:

http://hypert.info/pics/mbta_map.gif

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=places+where+there+is+wifi+in+copley&fb=1&gl=us&hq=places+where+there+is+wifi+in+copley&hnear=Boston,+MA&view=text&ei=bqJFTKTpIIGdlgf0_cTwBA&sa=X&oi=local_group&ct=more-results&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQtQMwAw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Wp9CmSKFY 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSynol0bQzE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSH19G_6Yeo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfH_cyXa1o