Invisible Carbon Counting

Students: Xinyi Wang
Tutors: Laura Benitez, Mario Santamaría
Format: Wearable
Topic: Internet Data Mining
Year: 2023






A vest that displays the carbon emissions of all modes of transport in real time.  The device allows the wearer to display the carbon footprint of any specific vehicle in real time, and in Chinese. It is a metaphor for the current tension between the expectations of technologists for the general public to understand carbon emissions and the lack of understanding and indifference towards transport carbon emissions. Few people change their minds in their daily lives because of their carbon footprint. 
I therefore wanted to create an interesting device that would allow the person wearing it to become a moving billboard.