All
those great ideas on paper that the Thailand Creative and Design Centre
decided last May were the best new ways to cope with flooding are now
realities and on view this month at the centre in the Emporium.
The seven sketched-out notions that won the "Design for Flood" competition last spring are now in prototype form and ready to test in the field - although no one's in a hurry to see another deluge like Thailand endured in the autumn of 2011.
"We also teamed up with universities and private firms to develop three designs that didn't win," says Kittiarttana Pitipanich, an adviser at the design centre. "Our partners are willing to help develop prototypes within a limited budget.
"All of these are new innovations. We prepared the open-source blueprints to demonstrate how they could be produced and used, and now they have to be tested in a real situation to ensure quality and safety."
Tanakul Workgroup's Floating Toilet remains the most eye-catching invention. Made of plywood and resin-coated, it's foldable and relies on calcium hydroxide and chlorine for sanitation.
And while you're floating merrily down the stream in your toilet, you can keep track of your location thanks to Tanakul's foam emergency signs, in different designs and sizes.
The text on the signs, in water-resistant ink, is updated information about the current situation in any given area, including possible hazards such as sewage, slippery surfaces, submerged obstacles like speed bumps, strong water flow and loose electrical wires.
Another form of sign that can posted online bears a map with GPS coordinates so that relief teams can deliver food, medicine and drinking water.
Flat 6 Studio's FurFightFlood furniture, made from recycled polyethylene, is rugged but light enough to float, and mildew-resistant. It's designed to carry belongings and food and can be piled up as a flood barrier when sandbags are unavailable.
Nuttapong Thammaruksasit's fold-up-and-carry Wee Boat is made primarily for office workers. It's canvas on an aluminium frame and can carry one person through the wet or be set on its rollers to tote gear like a suitcase.
King Monkut's University architecture student Yotsawadee Luetrakulset's Sufficient Vegetables Gardening Kit is a handbook on fast-growing edible plants with a weekly planting schedule and a list of vegetables that require little sunlight,Trade platform for China crystal mosaic manufacturers just soil and, funnily enough, lots of water. In a flood that looks like it's going to last, you'll be dining on bean sprouts, water morning glory, coriander, scallions,Find detailed product information for howo tractor and other products.High quality stone mosaic tiles. bok choy, basil and Chinese cabbage and kale.
Vatcharanont Kongchatthai's Disease Diagnosis Kit could save lives by helping people record any symptoms that appear and compare them on a chart to those associated with five common flood-borne diseases. It explains the potential for infection and basic treatment while tracking the symptoms' progress as an aid for the doctor you eventually get to see.
The three designs chosen for development despite not placing in the competition include the Community Water Supply - a floating filtration plant that works on pedal power - and the foam-and-canvas Water Level Measuring Buoy,High quality stone mosaic tiles. which contains a retractable two-metre tape that could help commuters choose the safest routes for travel.
The third is a stainless steel Water Garbage Cleaner that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration can attach to the side of its trash-collection boats. It looks like a giant comb, ready to sweep up debris in canals.
Another concept from the contest is a monitoring system conceived by computer engineers in Chiang Mai University's OASYS Research Group, and the design centre vows to have a prototype finished before the exhibition ends.
The idea is to provide people in areas at risk what they were missing last time - accurate, up-to-date information on where the waters are rising. Sensors would watch the level and speed of floodwater and estimate how many days it will take to reach specific neighbourhoods. Cameras and devices to measure rainfall and temperature would be installed in every zone.
"We spent Bt2 million on all the prototypes, half of which were produced by the Tanakul Workgroup," says the centre's Waritthi Teeraprasert. "We used 'design thinking' as the framework, focusing on the real needs of people. We've created the prototypes and now the hope is that the government and private firms will develop them for the public."
Apple removed Google services from its iOS software with iOS 6, shedding both the native YouTube application, as well as Google Maps. Apple replaced Google Maps with its own Maps application, and included new features such as FlyOver and Turn-by-Turn directions. According to a report from TechCrunch, Apple is looking to improve its Maps, by acquiring turn-by-turn navigation company, Waze.
Waze brings a number of social features to navigation, allowing users to add in their own information as they travel. The service then learns from the routes traveled and provides routing and real-time traffic updates to others. Waze is already a partner in Apple’s Maps application, however, an acquisition would make the current Maps app much better. Apple’s Maps application launched to intense scrutiny after the service failed to locate some areas improperly and removed highly utilized features such as public transportation information.
TechCrunch’s own MG Siegler believes that it is unlikely that Apple is looking to purchase Waze and mentions that the two companies are likely in low-level discussions, having worked together prior to these reports.
Apple has been reported to be hashing out a deal with Foursquare for its Maps app. However, TechCrunch’s earlier report notes that if Apple were to acquire Waze, it would benefit the company more than data from Foursquare as it would not only be cheaper but because “Check-In” apps tend to not be as accurate as navigation apps.
The Fringies remove Tape #5 from the amber, and on it Tape Bishop explains that they will need two of those cylindrical beacon thingamajigs which they will find them in an old lab that Bishop and Bell used to use. The beacons will be locked in a storage facility that can be opened with Bell’s hand. So THAT’S why he was with us in the amber! Bell realizes. Well, that, and he claimed that he wanted to help us defeat the Observers, only to betray us, AsteriskAstrid reminds him. Pacey reminds Bishop that he called Pacey for help, and by the time Pacey had arrived, Bell had led the Observers to their location, and so Bishop ambered the lot of them. SO, let’s get Bell’s hand and go see what they can find at the old lab …
… or they would if it wasn’t covered in a huge pile of rubble. Pacey uses his Observer superpowers to find the entrance under the mess, which leads to a nasty earbleed, gross. The Fringies try to figure out how, exactly,High quality stone mosaic tiles. to get through the mess without attracting unwanted Observer attention: anti-matter batons will anti-matter the lab along with the rubble, and any sort of heavy machinery will be detected. HMM. And that’s when they decide that maybe they should contact Mrs. Roboto, as she might have something in her vast warehouse of magic tricks that they could use.
The seven sketched-out notions that won the "Design for Flood" competition last spring are now in prototype form and ready to test in the field - although no one's in a hurry to see another deluge like Thailand endured in the autumn of 2011.
"We also teamed up with universities and private firms to develop three designs that didn't win," says Kittiarttana Pitipanich, an adviser at the design centre. "Our partners are willing to help develop prototypes within a limited budget.
"All of these are new innovations. We prepared the open-source blueprints to demonstrate how they could be produced and used, and now they have to be tested in a real situation to ensure quality and safety."
Tanakul Workgroup's Floating Toilet remains the most eye-catching invention. Made of plywood and resin-coated, it's foldable and relies on calcium hydroxide and chlorine for sanitation.
And while you're floating merrily down the stream in your toilet, you can keep track of your location thanks to Tanakul's foam emergency signs, in different designs and sizes.
The text on the signs, in water-resistant ink, is updated information about the current situation in any given area, including possible hazards such as sewage, slippery surfaces, submerged obstacles like speed bumps, strong water flow and loose electrical wires.
Another form of sign that can posted online bears a map with GPS coordinates so that relief teams can deliver food, medicine and drinking water.
Flat 6 Studio's FurFightFlood furniture, made from recycled polyethylene, is rugged but light enough to float, and mildew-resistant. It's designed to carry belongings and food and can be piled up as a flood barrier when sandbags are unavailable.
Nuttapong Thammaruksasit's fold-up-and-carry Wee Boat is made primarily for office workers. It's canvas on an aluminium frame and can carry one person through the wet or be set on its rollers to tote gear like a suitcase.
King Monkut's University architecture student Yotsawadee Luetrakulset's Sufficient Vegetables Gardening Kit is a handbook on fast-growing edible plants with a weekly planting schedule and a list of vegetables that require little sunlight,Trade platform for China crystal mosaic manufacturers just soil and, funnily enough, lots of water. In a flood that looks like it's going to last, you'll be dining on bean sprouts, water morning glory, coriander, scallions,Find detailed product information for howo tractor and other products.High quality stone mosaic tiles. bok choy, basil and Chinese cabbage and kale.
Vatcharanont Kongchatthai's Disease Diagnosis Kit could save lives by helping people record any symptoms that appear and compare them on a chart to those associated with five common flood-borne diseases. It explains the potential for infection and basic treatment while tracking the symptoms' progress as an aid for the doctor you eventually get to see.
The three designs chosen for development despite not placing in the competition include the Community Water Supply - a floating filtration plant that works on pedal power - and the foam-and-canvas Water Level Measuring Buoy,High quality stone mosaic tiles. which contains a retractable two-metre tape that could help commuters choose the safest routes for travel.
The third is a stainless steel Water Garbage Cleaner that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration can attach to the side of its trash-collection boats. It looks like a giant comb, ready to sweep up debris in canals.
Another concept from the contest is a monitoring system conceived by computer engineers in Chiang Mai University's OASYS Research Group, and the design centre vows to have a prototype finished before the exhibition ends.
The idea is to provide people in areas at risk what they were missing last time - accurate, up-to-date information on where the waters are rising. Sensors would watch the level and speed of floodwater and estimate how many days it will take to reach specific neighbourhoods. Cameras and devices to measure rainfall and temperature would be installed in every zone.
"We spent Bt2 million on all the prototypes, half of which were produced by the Tanakul Workgroup," says the centre's Waritthi Teeraprasert. "We used 'design thinking' as the framework, focusing on the real needs of people. We've created the prototypes and now the hope is that the government and private firms will develop them for the public."
Apple removed Google services from its iOS software with iOS 6, shedding both the native YouTube application, as well as Google Maps. Apple replaced Google Maps with its own Maps application, and included new features such as FlyOver and Turn-by-Turn directions. According to a report from TechCrunch, Apple is looking to improve its Maps, by acquiring turn-by-turn navigation company, Waze.
Waze brings a number of social features to navigation, allowing users to add in their own information as they travel. The service then learns from the routes traveled and provides routing and real-time traffic updates to others. Waze is already a partner in Apple’s Maps application, however, an acquisition would make the current Maps app much better. Apple’s Maps application launched to intense scrutiny after the service failed to locate some areas improperly and removed highly utilized features such as public transportation information.
TechCrunch’s own MG Siegler believes that it is unlikely that Apple is looking to purchase Waze and mentions that the two companies are likely in low-level discussions, having worked together prior to these reports.
Apple has been reported to be hashing out a deal with Foursquare for its Maps app. However, TechCrunch’s earlier report notes that if Apple were to acquire Waze, it would benefit the company more than data from Foursquare as it would not only be cheaper but because “Check-In” apps tend to not be as accurate as navigation apps.
The Fringies remove Tape #5 from the amber, and on it Tape Bishop explains that they will need two of those cylindrical beacon thingamajigs which they will find them in an old lab that Bishop and Bell used to use. The beacons will be locked in a storage facility that can be opened with Bell’s hand. So THAT’S why he was with us in the amber! Bell realizes. Well, that, and he claimed that he wanted to help us defeat the Observers, only to betray us, AsteriskAstrid reminds him. Pacey reminds Bishop that he called Pacey for help, and by the time Pacey had arrived, Bell had led the Observers to their location, and so Bishop ambered the lot of them. SO, let’s get Bell’s hand and go see what they can find at the old lab …
… or they would if it wasn’t covered in a huge pile of rubble. Pacey uses his Observer superpowers to find the entrance under the mess, which leads to a nasty earbleed, gross. The Fringies try to figure out how, exactly,High quality stone mosaic tiles. to get through the mess without attracting unwanted Observer attention: anti-matter batons will anti-matter the lab along with the rubble, and any sort of heavy machinery will be detected. HMM. And that’s when they decide that maybe they should contact Mrs. Roboto, as she might have something in her vast warehouse of magic tricks that they could use.
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