August 22, 2007
Tracking carbon through your phone
A British student has invented a way for people to track their own carbon footprint through their mobile phone. From the BBC.
"The Carbon Hero, designed by Royal College of Art graduate Andreas Zachariah, is a personal carbon calculator and works by tracking a person through their phone signal every time they go on a journey.
This then allows the device to work out the method of transport the user is on, and from that calculate the amount of carbon dioxide going into the air as a result.
"The idea is that, with around two billion mobile phones around the globe, it's quite simple that you're very likely not to be without one," Mr Zachariah told BBC World Service's Culture Shock program.
"As you move around, it tracks and identifies your movement, and tries to figure out what transport you are using."
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