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The real time performance tool will track all incoming passengers flows so shift leaders will get an overview of all the passenger processes going on at their terminal and lets them anticipate on problems together with their team. Besides that it will also give shift leaders the opportunity to react in real time and make them the communicational link between staff members and passengers. So they, together with their team, will be responsible for the best customer experience possible
It is estimated that the number of electric vehicles (EVs) will increase up to one million in 2020. This is a great development towards a greener future, but it also brings some side effects. With one million electric cars charging every day at peak times, a lot of power is requested from the grid. Vehicle to Grid is one of the newest technologies which could help stabilize the grid! With this technology electric car batteries can be used as temporary storage, hence can not only charge, but also give energy back to the grid. The missing link is a service for EV users that will stimulate them into using Vehicle-to-Grid. For this project we developed Greengrid a hybrid mobile app that will help EV users to overcome their fears and encourage them to start using Vehicle-to-Grid.
Coach: Felipe Escobar Vega – MediaLAB Amsterdam
Partners: Cofely, Alliander, Mitsubishi, Amsterdam Smart City
Stimulating the Recycling of old Phones through Education
Smartphone use is increasing worldwide, and at the same time users are replacing their devices on an average of every 18 to 20 months. The large amount of smartphones made every year requires a lot of resources, energy and raw materials. In the case of the smartphone, when users replace them, they tend to store the old phones in drawers at home. This behaviour prevents the materials to be recycled and put back in the system. Therefore, encouraging users to remove their old phones from drawers would make the consumption of smartphones more sustainable. We propose SeeThru as an educational platform to change this behaviour. SeeThru educates people through games, stories and information, and aims to increases the awareness towards the recycling of old phones. SeeThru is designed to make smartphone users change their behaviour and empower them to actively start recycling their phones.
You can find more detailed information about the design process on the project’s blog.
And you can also check out the research paper here.
