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MIT's Senseable lab wants to highlight the journey that trash takes after it leaves our curbs. In their Trash Track program, they have created Smart Tags to attach to trash items. The tags use signals from cell phone towers to inform the lab of their location, allowing researchers to track each piece of trash in real time. This summer, the MIT lab has chosen Seattle as a model city to test the new program.
Science reporter Audrey Quinn spoke with the Senseable Lab's Urban Information Designer E Roon Kang to hear about the lab's focus on examining the "removal chain", how we dispose of objects. Kange explains the common tendency of solely focusing on the "supply chain", how we objects are made. Audrey also talks to Seattle Public Utilities Planning and Development Specialist Bret Stav. Stav describes how Seattle currently handles its waste, and what the city hopes to learn from the Trash Track program.
The Senseable Lab will display initial results from the Seattle Trash Track program at the Seattle Public Library on September 17th.
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Piece Description
MIT's Senseable lab wants to highlight the journey that trash takes after it leaves our curbs. In their Trash Track program, they have created Smart Tags to attach to trash items. The tags use signals from cell phone towers to inform the lab of their location, allowing researchers to track each piece of trash in real time. This summer, the MIT lab has chosen Seattle as a model city to test the new program.
Science reporter Audrey Quinn spoke with the Senseable Lab's Urban Information Designer E Roon Kang to hear about the lab's focus on examining the "removal chain", how we dispose of objects. Kange explains the common tendency of solely focusing on the "supply chain", how we objects are made. Audrey also talks to Seattle Public Utilities Planning and Development Specialist Bret Stav. Stav describes how Seattle currently handles its waste, and what the city hopes to learn from the Trash Track program.
The Senseable Lab will display initial results from the Seattle Trash Track program at the Seattle Public Library on September 17th.
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Broadcast History
Aired on One World Report on KBCS 91.3fm Seattle/Bellevue on August 6th, 2009.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Where does our trash really go? This summer, a lab at MIT set out to answer that question in unprecedented detail. And their model trash program-- Seattle’s. Science reporter Audrey Quinn spoke with members of the MIT lab and Seattle Public Utilities about their collaboration in tracking trash.
OUTRO:To learn about participating in the Trash Track program, you can visit http://senseable.mit.edu/trashtrack.
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