Comments on: Toward the Sentient City: The Future of the Outernet and How to Imagine it? http://www.ugotrade.com/2009/11/09/toward-the-sentient-city-the-future-of-the-outernet-and-how-to-imagine-it/ Augmented Realities at the Edge of the Network Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:12:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Jacob Edward http://www.ugotrade.com/2009/11/09/toward-the-sentient-city-the-future-of-the-outernet-and-how-to-imagine-it/comment-page-1/#comment-259096 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:48:53 +0000 http://www.ugotrade.com/?p=4758#comment-259096 @ Dani said, “What a wonderful idea, a natural feedback mechanism that lets us know when we cross the line with our energy consumption. I have thought that it would be a good idea to have some kind of notification device in ones abode to let them know how much energy is being used and give feedback about the effect their level of consumption has on the planet. But living thing that would require nurturing, via lower energy consumption, would be a much more experiential and powerful meter.”

It’s amazing how far technology has progressed, yet we really don’t…if you think about it..really do not have a way to accurately monitor how much we consume in our homes. If there was a way to do this, it would be wonderful if we could monitor the energy use on an on-demand basis. Thank you.

]]> By: Dani http://www.ugotrade.com/2009/11/09/toward-the-sentient-city-the-future-of-the-outernet-and-how-to-imagine-it/comment-page-1/#comment-255516 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:58:09 +0000 http://www.ugotrade.com/?p=4758#comment-255516 You wrote:

“This network of humans and electronically assisted plants is also a carbon sink and if more energy is consumed than the total number of plants in the social network can offset, plants begin to die giving immediate feedback and consequences to being greedy about energy consumption.”

What a wonderful idea, a natural feedback mechanism that lets us know when we cross the line with our energy consumption. I have thought that it would be a good idea to have some kind of notification device in ones abode to let them know how much energy is being used and give feedback about the effect their level of consumption has on the planet. But living thing that would require nurturing, via lower energy consumption, would be a much more experiential and powerful meter.

Dani

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