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Smart Meter Timepiece

Sketch of Electricity Consumption Time for Smart Meter

CSTEP has embarked on testing of smart meters for electricity consumption. This yields a ton of data, with measurements of each of three phases being taken at 5 sec intervals. I did some sketches of those data and how they might be integrated into a timepiece showing time, electricity consumption, and phase.

Three colors indicate each of the three phases.
Time is mapped by seconds (colored), minutes (grey), and hours (grey).
On the left, a linear scale shows the variation in consumption.

Quantitative Variation in Aspirational Capacity (updated!)

A Simple Model of Attachment

The image above was the first draft. This is the second. Thanks to Aliya for good, perceptive comments.

attachmentModel_v2

Premises:

    Culture as the processes that allow the uptake of processes, procedures, information, beliefs, values and social norms.

    Cultural affiliations are attachments.

    Attachments and reattachments are limited (quantity) and constrained (quality) by pressures.

    Aspiration is a cultural step in creating capability.

Based in part on: Appadurai, A., 2004, ‘The Capacity to Aspire: Culture and the Terms of Recognition’, in Rao, V. and Walton, M., (eds.) Culture and Public Action, Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, California, pp 59-84.

John Thackara on Scenarios for Service Design + Health + Cuba

John Thackara : the future of service design (EN) from User Studio on Vimeo.

John Thackara, director of Doors of Perception, gives us his point of view on the future of service design in the public sector.

John Thackara, directeur de Doors of Perception, nous donne son point de vue sur l’avenir du design de service dans le secteur publique.

July / Juillet 2010

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