SMART Side Walk Project
SMART Side Walk Project Topic: I want to explore how technology can be used to improve data collection for side walks (foot paths) and make them more efficient and smarter. I want to learn more about the best methods for volunteer data collection regarding usage of kinetic energy, reutilizing the human kinetic energy for using and powering low electric devices like small lamps etc. We see a whole lot of human population on the foot paths (side walks) and the energy needs to be managed better.
What: By exploring this topic I learnt how I can make my city a better place to live and make efficient use of existing resources and maximum usage of existing infrastructure to obtain the best results.
Where: Bangalore City in India is where I have designed the project for.
Description: Bangalore city is one of India’s most fast growing metropolis. Within a span of 10 years the population of the city has doubled to around 9.5 million. Due to a large influx of people migrating from all parts of India to work in India’s Silicon Valley. Bangalore is home to almost 400+ large multinational IT Companies. A lot of areas have become hugely populous and thus new satellite suburbs have come up catering to this huge influx of people. A lot of road building, side walks (Foot paths), building constructions and infrastructure projects are being rushed through, without a pause for making them smarter.
Project Details Data Collection & Analytics: For the project I took one area in the upcoming suburb of East Bangalore called Whitefield. Whitefield is home to some 100+ IT companies and lots of IT Professionals commute on the streets of whitefield.
And another most popular area called MG Road, which is the hustle bustle zone of Bangalore and most popular high street for shopping with lots of Bazaars and street vendors.
The reason for taking 2 such disparate zones was to analyze the amount of footfalls one can see in a popular place vs the one that will become heavily populated in few years. Statistics Number of footfalls per hour on MG Road – around 800 (on an average) Number of footfalls per hour on Whitefield (EPIP Zone) – 50
Thus to cater to the high amount of people who will be using the side walks, energy from side walks would be used to lighten up lamps, advertising boards and other electric utilities by using the kinetic energy of pedestrians.
(source: http://inhabitat.com/tokyo-subway-stations-get-piezoelectric-floors/)
These are currently being used in Tokyo Subway stations to open up gates. For the side walks around an area of 25 sq m will be floored with piezoelectric floors to obtain around 1400 kW of electricity per day. Piezoelectric effect converts mechanical strain into voltage or electric current and generates electric energy from motion, weight, vibration and temperature changes.
The graph above shows that on an average 1W/Sec is generated by human walks which can be increased 10 fold by Piezoelectric mechanism. As per the diagram the piezoelectric disk generates voltage when deformed
Securing the pedestrian Apart from using the kinetic energy of the daily pedestrian for lighting up pavements, securing the pedestrian would be the second target. Here I would implement the Wireless Personal area network –Body area Network to interact with mobile networks and fetch data about the people who are walking on the pavements. This will help understand by random searches with Federal Police about probable criminals around the area. All mobiles issued in the country are verified and all data are stored with mobile companies that have address of the mobile holder, age and photograph. This data will quickly interact with the Federal Police Database and check for Random criminals around the area.
Sources •
http://inhabitat.com/tokyo-subway-stations-get-piezoelectricfloors/attachment/17513/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_harvesting#Piezoelectric_technology_and_energy_ from_smart_roads
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_personal_area_network
What: By exploring this topic I learnt how I can make my city a better place to live and make efficient use of existing resources and maximum usage of existing infrastructure to obtain the best results.
Where: Bangalore City in India is where I have designed the project for.
Description: Bangalore city is one of India’s most fast growing metropolis. Within a span of 10 years the population of the city has doubled to around 9.5 million. Due to a large influx of people migrating from all parts of India to work in India’s Silicon Valley. Bangalore is home to almost 400+ large multinational IT Companies. A lot of areas have become hugely populous and thus new satellite suburbs have come up catering to this huge influx of people. A lot of road building, side walks (Foot paths), building constructions and infrastructure projects are being rushed through, without a pause for making them smarter.
Project Details Data Collection & Analytics: For the project I took one area in the upcoming suburb of East Bangalore called Whitefield. Whitefield is home to some 100+ IT companies and lots of IT Professionals commute on the streets of whitefield.
And another most popular area called MG Road, which is the hustle bustle zone of Bangalore and most popular high street for shopping with lots of Bazaars and street vendors.
The reason for taking 2 such disparate zones was to analyze the amount of footfalls one can see in a popular place vs the one that will become heavily populated in few years. Statistics Number of footfalls per hour on MG Road – around 800 (on an average) Number of footfalls per hour on Whitefield (EPIP Zone) – 50
Thus to cater to the high amount of people who will be using the side walks, energy from side walks would be used to lighten up lamps, advertising boards and other electric utilities by using the kinetic energy of pedestrians.
(source: http://inhabitat.com/tokyo-subway-stations-get-piezoelectric-floors/)
These are currently being used in Tokyo Subway stations to open up gates. For the side walks around an area of 25 sq m will be floored with piezoelectric floors to obtain around 1400 kW of electricity per day. Piezoelectric effect converts mechanical strain into voltage or electric current and generates electric energy from motion, weight, vibration and temperature changes.
The graph above shows that on an average 1W/Sec is generated by human walks which can be increased 10 fold by Piezoelectric mechanism. As per the diagram the piezoelectric disk generates voltage when deformed
Securing the pedestrian Apart from using the kinetic energy of the daily pedestrian for lighting up pavements, securing the pedestrian would be the second target. Here I would implement the Wireless Personal area network –Body area Network to interact with mobile networks and fetch data about the people who are walking on the pavements. This will help understand by random searches with Federal Police about probable criminals around the area. All mobiles issued in the country are verified and all data are stored with mobile companies that have address of the mobile holder, age and photograph. This data will quickly interact with the Federal Police Database and check for Random criminals around the area.
Sources •
http://inhabitat.com/tokyo-subway-stations-get-piezoelectricfloors/attachment/17513/
•
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_harvesting#Piezoelectric_technology_and_energy_ from_smart_roads
•
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_personal_area_network
