poweronoff

this is my endexam project at AKI

1984/Brazil looking room filled with ordinary, home electrical appliances is being powered by a "central computer" which gives you or gives you not electricity as you serf the web and see internet-commercials.

"...“Poweronoff online” represents an utopian model of future human life, when everything, including even powering up your living environment is done via using global Net. What I propose in the project is fair relation between internet users and IT companies, in particular ad-banner exchange networks.

The question I'm rising is - why
are we helping the “ad” machine to run (and to enrich their owners) and not getting anything in return? Wouldn't it be nice to get, let's say, a watt of electricity for each commercial we saw or clicked on the Internet?
The system I'm building is keeping eye on the local network traffic and counts every ad related URL passing through as a hit which immediately impacts on the surroundings; more banners you see – more power your space gets. First, the lamp on your desk gets lit, then the laptop you are using starts to charge. “The power” can be accumulated - you can hit “refresh” in your browser and get enough current to watch some TV or maybe even do your laundry. Each “appliance” is accompanied with a light which saturates the experience of adjusting your real ambiance situation via immaterial actions."