Team

Ri Le <rl2999@columbia.edu>, https://rile.digital

Suprima Bhele <sb4042@columbia.edu>

Birdybird is a cute ‘lil robot bird that emotionally reacts to local air quality. Birdybird senses location, the presence of volatile organic compounds and methane gas, collects this data for detailed spatial analysis, and performs this data through its face and through song.

Air quality and location data

Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOCs) such as equivalent carbon dioxide (eCO2) and metal oxide (MOX). (CCS811 Air Quality Breakout)

VOC’s are a byproduct of industrial products used in the construction industry. Various recent studies suspect VOCs are carcinogenic and related to cancer outcomes (Bari & Kindzierski, 2018) (Shuai et al., 2018).

Location data is used for plotting and mapping of data points and spatial analysis.

Respects your privacy

Birdybird is harmless to the public. It does not sense any information related to the body and therefore does not raise any concerns about surveillance or privacy. However, we are not responsible for any sadness or disappointment indirectly caused by public reflection on global warming and/or loosening regulation of environmental quality :-).