Part, the first: Grids?...Where we're going, we don't NEED grids...
14:00 Dan Selden: Sensemakers Energy Project: How to share energy locally off-grid
14:30 Hirumi Nanayakkara:Â Bio-harvesting energy from bacteria and algae in soil and compost in urban environments (How to run a phone off of dog shit, beer, and dirt)
15:00 Estefanie Duque:Â Harvesting kinetic energy from everyday...
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Part, the first: Grids?...Where we're going, we don't NEED grids...
14:00 Dan Selden: Sensemakers Energy Project: How to share energy locally off-grid
14:30 Hirumi Nanayakkara:Â Bio-harvesting energy from bacteria and algae in soil and compost in urban environments (How to run a phone off of dog shit, beer, and dirt)
15:00 Estefanie Duque:Â Harvesting kinetic energy from everyday activities (How to build a simple circuit to harvest power from a $1 windmill bought at the discount store)
15:30 Dan Selden: Digital Metabolism of the Urban Nomad (Energy harvesting sneakers? yes please.)
16:00 BREAK! Afternoon beers.
16:30 Paul Allen: Monitoring natural gas usage with Arduino