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| Image via EcoLogicStudio |
A decaying fishing industry in the Baltic sea and two digitally obsessed architects from EcoLogicStudio have created an interactive exhibit, "The Hanging Algae Garden," aimed at educating people about the benefits of algae.
GOOD describes how this interactive exhibit works:
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| Image via EcoLogicStudio |
"Each bag connects to a blow-tube, where visitors can exhale to feed the system carbon dioxide and help the plants grow. Using smartphones, participants in this strange experiment scan QR codes on each bag
to discover information about the nine different types of algae, and can
tweet about their actions. The digital engagement is mapped out on a
nearby screen in real-time, a 3D visualization referred to by the
project's creators as a "cyber-garden" that demonstrates the evolution
of the ecosystem and the relationship between plants and humans."
Claudia Pasquero, who helped
create the exhibit says "the project makes you think about farming and gardening, but there is
another level where knowledge can be disseminated and exchanged, and
it's a virtual cultivation of knowledge."
Read more about how the physical and virtual worlds collide here. And let's discuss, do you think this is a good teaching tool for how we can help effect the growth of plants?
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1 comment:
Anything at all that makes people think about algae has to be good - in fact anything that makes people think. And they are so pretty!
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