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Noise Visualization in the Tenderloin by Movity (YC W10)

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Re: Noise Visualization in the Tenderloin by Movity (YC W10)

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Post by dasil003 »

zain wrote: post #8
stellar678 wrote: post #6

This is really cool! Having lived in the Tenderloin, I can testify to the impact of its noise on my quality of life. How is the project being funded? What does it take to install the data capturing equipment? How do the interactions with the city or property owners go?

We try to be inconspicuous when installing our noise capturing equipment. We're frequently questioned by cops but usually they're just curious after they establish we're not stealing traffic lights. One time, some bums asked us what we were doing, and after we told them we were collecting noise data, they started screaming into our noise recorders :(

"Booby traps for tourists. If we catch one you can have the money, but leave the body for us."

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Post by alex_h »

Perhaps you could find people that are willing to install these sensors outside their windows. You could run them from a power adapter to get more than 3 days worth of data collection + less hassle from cops. If you are moving this project into the Tendernob and need a place to put equipment on Pine St, I'd be happy to help out.

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Post by btilly »

I would suggest that the data is more useful when combined with information on the negative effects of noisy environments. For instance see http://www.designshare.com/research/lmaxwell/noisechildren.h... for some information on impacts of noisy environments on children's ability to learn.

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Post by ericwu01 »

alex_h wrote: post #12

Perhaps you could find people that are willing to install these sensors outside their windows. You could run them from a power adapter to get more than 3 days worth of data collection + less hassle from cops. If you are moving this project into the Tendernob and need a place to put equipment on Pine St, I'd be happy to help out.

Great idea Alex. Crowdsourcing the data collection might be a great route... we'd have to account for calibration and consistency of devices, but I think that could all be overcome.

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Post by fizx »

stellar678 wrote: post #6

This is really cool! Having lived in the Tenderloin, I can testify to the impact of its noise on my quality of life. How is the project being funded? What does it take to install the data capturing equipment? How do the interactions with the city or property owners go?

I can only imagine if you tried this in Boston ;)

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Post by myth_drannon »

wow , just today I was thinking about similar idea. Crowd sourcing air pollution. Adding some small device to your smartphone(andruino with android) that sniffs the air and analyzes the pollutants ,etc. Then sends it back to the server and can visualize it. About a thousand users in a big city would be enough . Not only just to see it on the web, but for example city traffic lights can divert cars depending on the polluted area,deciding where to buy/rent a house
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