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Virtual Emergency Network


Istanbul

The first solar powered StarSight virtual utility poles were installed in Istanbul, Turkey four months ago. The poles will provide a communication and emergency network in case of a large disaster (such as an earthquake) with a full Wi-Fi CCTV network attached to a lamppost. The first five poles include internet access, one mobile unit in a police car, a CCTV network and three LED streetlights, and is part of a larger planned project to cover the whole city. The emergency network will have wireless broadband access with video and VoIP functions and 70,000 streetlights to be implemented now till 2011. In November more StarSight units will be installed in Martinique and the Cote d’Ivoire.

About the Author: Cynthia E. Smith is Curator of Socially Responsible Design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

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  1. I would like to know if this exhibition is currently on display. If so, at what museum and city? I missed it at the Copper- Hewitt museum. I have heard very positive remarks about the exhibition and would like to see it if possible.

    K. Martin

    Kojak Martin | Oct 25, 06:08 PM

  2. This design will be highly welcomed in Nigeria and will rather be a sort of permanent power system . Will somebody let this project come to the attention of the NIGERIAN government ?

    OMOSOHWOFA SAMSON | Jul 15, 10:32 PM

  3. The exhibition is traveling so far to 3 locations:

    19-May-08 through 7-Sep-08 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN

    4-Oct-08 through 23-Jan-09 at the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, Canada

    20-Feb-09 through 31-May-09 at the CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum in Atlanta, GA

    Please see our travel section of the site for further updates.

    Cynthia E. Smith | Jul 16, 10:40 AM

  4. Dear Omosohwofa,
    It is always a pleasure to read such enthousiasim for our product. StarSight is currently running a pilot with a number of schools in nigeria however it is always interesting to talk to people that are motivated to participate.

    chris huchon | Jul 28, 06:55 AM

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