Solar Powered Weather Station: Sensors and Control

Increasing concerns surrounding the influence of urban climate on the livability of cities and the health of citizens lead to a need for environmental data on a more localized scale. Self-powered weather stations that use the many WiFi networks spanning the city to transmit their data are a promising solution to increase the amount of data on...

Geometrically articulated Bio-receptive concrete facades

Bio-receptivity is a natural growth of small plant species on stony surfaces with minimum external influence. It is commonly found around us on old buildings, crevices and corners, damp and moist areas. Bio-receptivity has always been viewed as a negative phenomenon in the public eye due to its random and shabby growth conditions. However, this...

Development of Power System Control for the DeciZebro

The development of swarm robotics strives for resilience, a key factor in this is energy supply. Without energy a robot swarm cannot operate, so a self sustaining power management system is of great importance. In this thesis, the design of the power management system control hardware and firmware for the new DeciZebro is discussed. The power...

Sky-dive Cavity Buffeting Noise Reduction

Cavity buffeting noise is the main contributor to discomfort in sky-dive tunnels. Low frequency noise, generated by self-sustained cavity shear-layer oscillations, similar to automotive sunroof-buffeting noise and side-window buffeting noise, is observed in sky-dive tunnels. Typical low frequencies are not conventionally audible to the human ear...

Adaptive Urban Housing: A floating, modular and self-sustaining neighbourhood

As a response to land scarcity, climate change, the decreasing stock of fossil fuels and the pressure on the drinking water system, this proposal proposes to extend cities onto the water within a floating, modular and self-sustaining neighbourhood. This proposal includes research into floating mechanisms, modular systems, and various systems to...

Bambootopia--Multi-purpose bamboo process and utilization center

Cigondewah, as a growing industrial area in Bandung, is facing with serious ecological and societal dilemma because of rapid growth of violating textile industry. Polluted water and soil makes traditional food crop farming difficult to maintain, while industry land is biting up farmland, the last precious green space left in this area. To solve...

Designing a self sustaining tracker

Currently location trackers for valuables have a short battery life, demanding an intensive battery maintenance experience of the user. Discharged batteries mean a malfunctioning product, resulting in a false sense of security by the user. The incentive of this thesis is to explore the opportunities in energy harvesting technologies, low power...

Pursuing Authentic City: Create new self-sustaining system of authentic city in Guangzhou historic city centre, China