Friday, June 27, 2014
Energizing Park Benches
I have to say that this is a rather interesting concept as far as remodeling benches and other furniture to keep up with the software development and mobile revolution. This is an idea of a bench that can charge your device through a USB using the energy that it gathers from the solar panel. The first dozen benches will be installed around Boston this month; prototypes had dotted the Boston landscape this winter. Boston residents will be able to find free benches on an interactive map at Soofa.Co. Clicking on a bench brings up information about the temperature, noise, air pollution level, and recent foot traffic around the location, as well as whether a charging port is available. For now, it’s BYO cable if you want to juice up your phone. Future versions of the Soofa, Richter said, will have inductive charging, or the ability to place your device on a surface and have it power up, no cord required. Like I said, it might be an interesting concept but it digs the digital hole just a bit more when what we really need is to be able to unplug. A park bench is the best place to find that quiet solitude without a digital device. Do you think we are taking one step forward or back?
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Park benches should be kept as benches. We need to be able to unplug and get away from all those internet phone calls.
ReplyDeleteThese park benches would go out of style once the software development reaches a point where the battery lasts close to forever.
ReplyDeleteYou can now track the energy that your mobile applications are using. It helps with saving the battery.
ReplyDeleteSome phone services are better at conserving battery. Better yet, just shut off the phone while you are in the park and not waste any battery.
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