For this project i have to create an interface to display weather information received from an Ecoid device. An Ecoid is a small transmitter which broadcasts raw information to a receiver. It is set-up at a Primary School in Devon and is recording temperature, humidity, light, and basic wind speed, information is transmitted every 20 minutes.
These are weather interfaces i have researched.
This is from the Sky News website.
This is where the ecoid is stationed.
Iterative Design
Ubiquitous Computing and the internet of things
Ubiquitous computing is a method of human-computer interaction that allows the user to interact with objects or activities that are in-built with an information processor. In other words, it is machines that fit into the human environments such as the home, cafes and other places that are, intuitive to use and can be activated without the user noticing.
The internet of things refers to objects and their representative copies in an internet structure, this term was used by Kevin Ashton in 1999. Its basic meaning is objects that can all be fitted with small pieces of technology to be identified through computers, just like the internet.
History of GUI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_interface#Apple_Lisa_and_Macintosh_.28and_later.2C_the_Apple_IIgs.29
Mind map
Current design
This is the current design of my ecoid interface. The panels from left to right represents the light, heat, wind speed and humidity. They change according to the readings given from the ecoid receiver.
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