tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053430807670822229.post7211095621688922933..comments2023-07-31T05:57:09.189-07:00Comments on noise and signal: Your Brain in the FutureSonia Lyrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972394773253330964noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053430807670822229.post-41954996409248024942011-07-19T22:58:15.604-07:002011-07-19T22:58:15.604-07:00See Energy Research at the University of Washingto...See <a href="http://www.washington.edu/research/energy/researcher/shwetak-patel" rel="nofollow">Energy Research at the University of Washington</a> for details.<br /><br />We have a whole house energy monitor that can do a very crude version of what's described there, but only with help, not very accurately, and not to such a fine grain. Even with those crude tools we were able to diagnose a couple of big problems with the heating and water systems, cutting our energy use in half.<br /><br />Could we do better if we had help from someone/something that really understood all of the components? I hear that <a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/ff_feedbackloop/all/" rel="nofollow"> feedback loops</a> are very effective in applications like that. And why stop with water and energy usage? There's air, too, both in and out. There's data. What about the views? Hmm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053430807670822229.post-81984663962552622922011-07-18T18:01:25.614-07:002011-07-18T18:01:25.614-07:00Sounds mysterious! Tell us more?Sounds mysterious! Tell us more?Sonia Lyrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972394773253330964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053430807670822229.post-18497740805213931182011-07-18T00:12:13.258-07:002011-07-18T00:12:13.258-07:00Congratulations!
I knew that there was a reason t...Congratulations!<br /><br />I knew that there was a reason that I hadn't gotten a webcam for my external monitor.<br /><br />It's too bad that the choices didn't also include the residential energy and related monitoring work that was done at UW. Some of what they've been able to figure out indirectly would be pretty creepy if it were applied elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com