2019
1 Week
Solo Project
1 Week
Solo Project
The oceans carry secrets about climate change, sources of nutrition and natural resources; yet only 5% of the world’s oceans have been fully explored. We probably know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the ocean. OMNI is an ‘Ocean Monitoring Network Initiative’ to build a low cost and open-source platform to gather and analyse critical data from the seas.
OMNI is equipped with modern sensor technology to gather detailed and diverse data. Having such data would allow us to make decisions for future generations and create sustainable policies to maintain the health of the ocean environment. Furthermore, it should serve an educational purpose to help people learn more from the oceans and create awareness with the general public about the fragile marine habitat.
As a research fellow for the U-Tokyo DLX Lab (Tokyo Design Lab), I was tasked to propose and design an UI that is informed by data points collected from each OMNI. Visit OMNI console.
The main challenge is to create meaning and deliver value to the public based on the gathered data; seawater temperature and salinity. 2 profiles were shortlisted, namely, beach-goers and fishermen because they would often require information regarding ocean currents, potential dangers such as jelly fishes, and fish populations. This can be deduced based on salinity and ocean temperature in relation to the geographical location. E.g. strong underwater currents are caused by a density difference induced by regional difference in ocean salinity. Such information can be beneficial to someone who wants to swim in a particular area.
The OMNI Interface shown above is an early prototype with limited functions. Test OMNI UI.
The mobile and desktop applications are currently being reviewed and developed by the OMNI team.
Project Supervisors
Prof Miles Pennington
Director, U-Tokyo DLX Lab
Director, U-Tokyo DLX Lab
Mr. Christian Felsner
Project Researcher, U-Tokyo DLX Lab
Project Researcher, U-Tokyo DLX Lab
Project Status
In development for deployment.