Internet of Breaths

Internet of Breaths – 呼联网

Yujie Wang 王宇杰, Yuxiang Zhang 张裕翔, Ziyuan Zhu 朱子媛, Adolphus Lau 刘亦浚, Jiaxi Zhao 赵嘉曦, Jianan Ruan 阮佳楠, Dinglu Wang 王鼎禄

In the rapid rise of new generation 5G networks, IoT devices increasingly play a role in the management of societies driven by individual movements and actions. As much as engines has changed the way and the right of way humans move around places, smart devices such as smartphones and wearables fundamentally transform the mechanics of social networks and information flow. New institutes and regulatory bodies such as MIT’s Media Lab, Oxford’s Institute of Internet have since emerged around different parts of the world to experiment new governance paradigms for data-driven societies.

In the age of data-driven societies, the so-called “connected society”, when standards are considered flawed, incomplete, or unusable without an input from regional individuals. Through interactions with international societies, regional governments will enjoy improvements in administration efficiency with more accurate compliance standards, which translate to richer urban management and new policing features (social credits and rewards), organic policy evolution, faster emergency responses, and resilience to global crises. All these factors contribute to justify incorporating data collection and action prompts into everyday objects, such as a mask, where a future with a ‘god eyes view’ guarding our health can be envisioned.

The Internet of Breaths (IoB) derives from such dynamic situation. IoB is a two-fold system consisting of smart air masks and a mobile app for public users and a real-time IoT environmental sensing network for the government. It aims to create a collaborative approach with decentralized feedback mechanism, combining bottom-up data collection and top-down environmental management, to combat extreme air conditions and to foster a community that pays adequate attention to air pollution and public health. Over 95 percent of the world’s population is breathing unhealthy air. With IoB, we hope to engage the public and the government to combat air pollutions. In this case, everyday objects interacting with citizens in daily life are imbued with intelligence for the purpose of social well-being.

The IoB is a detection, protection, and communication interface for the public users to measure ambient air conditions. The real-time IoB network is formed by mask sensor nodes with air quality and GPS location information transmitting to the cloud. The air condition is then visualized on a digital map accessible to public users through the mobile app and a management interface accessible to the government to take strategic combating approaches.

Connecting to the IoB is a manifesto, one that reconfirms our sensitivity of the social and natural environment, one that shows our determination to charge against air pollution.

随着5G网络的高速发展，物联网设备在由个体行为驱动的社会环境中扮演着越来越重要的角色。正如同内燃机的发明改变了人类交通运输的方式，智能设备——包括智能手机和穿戴设备，使社会网络和信息传递方式发生了革命性的变化。诸如麻省理工媒体实验室、牛津大学信息实验室等新兴机构，正为应对信息时代下亟需的社会管理模式不断进行试验。

在当前这个数据驱动的时代，即所谓的“互联时代”，市民参与社会体系共建显得必不可缺。通过与国际社会的不断互动，区域性政策部门能更有效和精准地进行政策制定和管理。这将导向更加多元的城市管理方案、新的公共安全信用体系、弹性政策和政策韧性。这些因素都有助于证明，人们日常生活所需的物品在收集和提供数据方面有着极大的潜力，同时也能更有效的为公共安全健康提供保障。

“呼联网”在这个背景下应运而生。该系统包括便携式智慧口罩和记录实时环境数据的移动应用程序。“呼联网”的建立，创造出一个去中心化的合作反馈机制。将口罩收集的数据和政府环境资源管理体系相结合，可以在应对极端环境问题的同时，建立起一套社区化的环境污染和公共卫生教育体系。根据联合国环境署的统计，全世界有大约95%的人口直接接触被污染的空气。在这个项目中，我们希望通过呼吁政府融合公众之力，共同对抗全球环境污染问题。由此，人们触手可及的日常生活物品将成为智慧城市发展的一部分，进一步推动城市智能化的发展。

“呼联网”是城市空气污染的探测器、保护伞，通过这个系统，公众可以更好地了解到实时的环境污染状况。同时，便携式感应器和GPS定位系统收集的数据，将通过数据可视化呈现在手机APP上，以便政府更好地管理和决策，公众也可以更好地参与其中。

“呼联网”是城市的宣言、连接社会和自然的纽带。

Credits:

Yujie Wang 王宇杰, Yuxiang Zhang 张裕翔, Ziyuan Zhu 朱子媛, Adolphus Lau 刘亦浚, Jiaxi Zhao 赵嘉曦, Jianan Ruan 阮佳楠, Dinglu Wang 王鼎禄