Wednesday, January 25, 2012

What does a Gogo Board, Micro World, and Perspex Look like In order to build a miniature Energy House?

To build a Energy House, I was told I require a Gogo board, Micro World, Perspex but I have no idea what these items are and why do i need them. Can someone tell me how these items look like and what are they for?What does a Gogo Board, Micro World, and Perspex Look like In order to build a miniature Energy House?
From the first link:

"GoGo Board: A Personalized Technology Toolset for Learning David Cavallo and Arnan Sipitakiat



The GoGo board provides a simple interface for computers to interact with their surrounding environments. Projects using the GoGo board include various sensing and control applications, games, and environmental sensing. It allows students to be engaged in the design and implementation of solutions to a problem by augmenting locally found, low-cost materials with digital technology. The GoGo board has been designed and used in schools in S茫o Paulo, and a network of teachers, students, and other users of the GoGo board is being created. The simplicity of the GoGo board design opens up possibilities for learners to create or modify the board for their particular needs. The research goal is to study the factors, both technical and social, needed to support communities of not-so-technical people to participate in the process of designing the tools that they want."



Second link: "Getting started with the GoGo Board" - includes a picture.



Micro-world as defined by Miriam Webster:



"a small universe; specifically : the natural universe observed at the microscopic or submicroscopic level". (Second link - for reference)



Third link is a page that describes the versatility of Perspex, shows a picture. If you go to the home page, the site author writes: "We encourage our customers to bring any ideas forward, this way we can give you a free consultancy session by where you can decide what is best for YOU." Also says not to hesitate to contact them with questions.



With the design plan in mind for your "Energy House", why not contact the people at the third link and see if they can help you envision how it would/should all come together?



Hope this helps!

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