1. HARNESSING
VEHICLE NETWORKS
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

2. What are vehicle networks?
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

3. VEHICLE NETWORKS
•Postal Trucks
•Buses
•Meter Maid Carts
•FedEx, UPS
•Garbage Trucks
•Street Sweepers
•Taxi Cabs
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

4. Each vehicle has it’s own function.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

5. POSTAL TRUCKS
•Neighborhood Level
•Daily schedule
•Stationary for half an hour
or more
•Fits within larger network
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

6. BUSES
•Inter-neighborhood
connection
•Hourly schedule
•Frequent stops
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

7. Each vehicle has it’s own function.
Postal Trucks Daily, neighborhoods
Buses Multiple times a day, early to late
Garbage Trucks Weekly, all addresses
Meter Maid Carts Several times a day, covers most streets
Street Sweepers Weekly, late night
Taxi Cabs Varied schedule, major boulevards
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

8. What’s important about these vehicles?
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

9. What’s important about these vehicles?
Follow consistent routes.
Portable power source.
Access a central hub.
Person-operated.
Elevated street privileges.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

10. Platform for data collection
Idea originated from designing for killer bees
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

11. Tuesday, November 23, 2010

12. Tuesday, November 23, 2010

13. Dear Resident,
We’ve noticed high bee activity near
your address. If you find a bee hive,
please help us by reporting it’s location
at www.beemail.com. A professional
will clear the area in the next few days.
This card can be used as a temporary
deterrent to bees until removal services
are able to clear the area. Please use
when you are outdoors near your home.
RESIDENT
The card is made with a non-­toxic bee
repellant. Tear or cut into four pieces;;
5555 Lucille Lane
each can be used separately when and San Francisco, CA 94110
where desired. To use, scratch the
striped yellow area and place in the area
you wish to guard.
This is only a deterrent. It decreases the
likelihood of bee activity, but does not
guarantee against it’s possibility.
Sincerely,
For more information,
BeeMail visit www.beemail.com.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

14. Tuesday, November 23, 2010

15. Broader-scale gathering:
Weather balloons
Census
Fastrak
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

16. Movement towards personal
on-body devices:
Mobile phones, Fitbit, Nike+
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

17. What makes this a better platform than
existing methods of data collection?
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

18. 1. SCOPE
City - Neighborhood - Street Level.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

19. 2. ITERATIVE
Routes are retraced daily or weekly.
Appropriate for tracking data that changes
within this timeframe.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

20. 3. THEY EXIST ALREADY
These networks are already there. They can
run their normal routes the same as usual.
They return to a central hub ideal for
downloading data.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

21. Similar Concepts
Passenger flights for aerial maps
Taxis as communication network
Soda trucks for distribution
Google traffic (scale)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

22. Applications
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

23. WEATHER DATA
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

24. AIR QUALITY MAPS
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

25. GOOGLE MAP UPDATES
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

26. TANGIBLE CLOUD ACCESS
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

27. Vehicle Networks already exist
Bridges important gap between city or national
scale and individual.
Provides context for mobile phone content.
They’re iterative.
Requires little deviation from vehicle usage.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

28. THANK YOU.
•Corey Lee
•clee5@cca.edu
Tuesday, November 23, 2010