DisplayCabinet: connecting data to our environments

Your house keys become an overview for your home. Energy consumed, current cost of energy per day, broadband allowance used and simple weather. It also serves as the screen that displays any scheduled alerts or important information relating to other items on the shelf. The bins need to be emptied and Mr Cuddles, the household pet is out and there’s something wrong with the fridge.

via journal.benbashford.com

My head is spinning with how cool this would be both inside and outside the home. It also seems more tied into the way people already interact with their environments than Nokia's vision.

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Street Art by French artist Oakoak – A Collection | Street Art Utopia

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Infographic of the Day: Just How Bad Is Your Commute?

via fastcodesign.com

Nice visual that brings in distance, cost and overall number of commuters by city.

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Conservation of Matter: The Fall and Rise of Boston's Elevated Subway on Vimeo

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This documentary follows the journey of 100,00 tons of steel from the Boston Elevated Subway, which was erected in 1898, demolished in 1987, then shipped eight thousand miles away to be melted re-formed into steel bars. These then cross the ocean again, where they are ultimately re-fabricated into a remarkable new structure in a surprising location. Workers, historians, preachers, politicians, on lookers, artists, children, architects, and astrophysicists on two continents address the significance of the process as it unfolds.

Have a watch, if you are interested in some Boston history. I didn't know a whole lot about the elevated Orange Line.

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MBTA signage now available for...wherever

via underground-signs.com

The MBTA has joined New York City's MTA as part of Underground Signs' inventory. Underground Signs is selling replicas of signs in all 270 MBTA stations. For a brand that's hurting, it's an opportunity for the MBTA to get some positive perception out there about their service and build on some of the ridership gains they've seen in the last year.

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