Some inspiring responses to the 2015 IxDA Student Design Challenge
Our best wishes to all of the students participating in the IxDA master class next week in San Francisco: http://sdc.ixda.org/
Taylor Ward's video submission: http://vimeo.com/113737289
Imagine a wearable insole that can transform our kinetic energy into electricity and redistribute that power back into our cities through public transfer stations. By using piezoelectric nano-generators and capacitors, Step can build up over 100W with every step we take. By redefining how commuters power our cities, we can begin to re-imagine how urban planners will develop for the future, and how city council can create opportunities to repurpose our energy. Together we can power our homes, neighbourhoods and entire city blocks.
Kruthi Sabnis Krishna and Lily Samimi, Master’s students at the University of Michigan School of Information: http://vimeo.com/112758694
In thinking about the challenge theme this year, envisioning a wearable city, we wanted to tackle the problem of women’s safety in cities.