This project’s aim is to promote responsible water use using real-time data collection and presentation, peer comparisons over social media and gamification. For example, the final product can report to you the average time you spend in the shower and how many liters of water you use each day compared to those before. Challenge your friends by sharing your water usage data!
This project uses IBM’s weather forecasting system and sensors attached to sprinklers to determine when to water gardens. The product also includes a service listing essential care instructions for every plant in your backyard, customized base on humidity, temperature, season and other factors. It also monitors your plants’ other conditions, such as age, date last watered, amount of fertilizer added and light absorbed and notifies you if something needs to be done.
WasteOS consists of a device inserted into a waste container and software that processes the data generated by that device to produce an output. The device uploads photos it takes via cellular data networks and uses cloud-based algorithms to determine how full a container is. By processing the data from all the waste containers a given sanitation company attends to, the software can generate optimized routes for collection, saving time and reducing the number of garbage trucks a company requires by 40%.
Murammat allows users to notify their municipality of infrastructural problems quickly and easily. Just upload a photograph of the issue to the system, along with an optional explanation and address. You can also vote on the priority of problems reported by others in your area, the rankings of which can be viewed by your municipality.
Job Choice makes financial planning regarding your future job a lot easier. Once you enter the name of the company you wish to work in and your position, Job Choice presents to you the living costs in the area that company is located in and approximates your wages and other benefits for your first 12 months on the job. This should give you peace of mind regarding your future financial decisions.