After the Storm: A virtual Bazaar of Ideas
Monday, May 04, 2020 at 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Virtual EventStudents in the MIT Terrascope class "Design for Complex Environmental Issues" present appropriate technology to help make recovery from storms in Puerto Rico faster, more sustainable and more equitable.
Designs include:
- Waterproof temporary shelters made of available materials for people displaced by hurricanes.
- Household-level water-purification equipment made of available materials that will work during power outages.
- A “doorbell” system based on light rather than sound that will operate when grid power is unavailable, to be used by members of the deaf community in the central highland municipio of Orocovis, so they will be aware when safety workers come to check on them after storms.
Schedule:
- 7-8 P.M.: Teams present their designs and answer questions from the general public. (Teams will present simultaneously in different virtual locations; each team will present twice, once beginning at 7:05 and again beginning at 7:30.)
- 8-9:45 P.M.: Teams present their ideas to a panel of experts and answer the experts' questions. The public is welcome to watch, and if time is available may have the opportunity to ask questions as well. (Teams will present sequentially, one beginning at 8:05, another at 8:35 and the third at 9:05.)
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