AERA
Role: Design Lead, Foresight Strategist
Collaborators: Elena Habre, Celina Lacaze, Dani Sanchez
Partners: NASA
Awards: Finalist for Reimaging NYC, Oxford Futures Forum
Aera is a planetary-conscious, ubiquitous, conversational interface that connects people to the earth’s air through various apps, such as social media, messenger, calendars, to engage and nudge users to be better global participants. Aera’s playful nature allows data to be anthropomorphised unlocking new ways to engage and understand air pollution and its effects at various scales the while leaving spaces for the interaction to go seamlessly overtime in anticipation of future NASA satellites, Tempo and Chronos. Aera has two functions, a nudge function which shows up in social media, calendar and health platforms to help as a friendly reminder of how to be a better actor, and a chat function which gives current local pollution conditions and answers questions about pollution at various scales. It also sends funny visuals to help bring the overwhelming scale of pollution to digestible and actionable terms. Ultimately, through daily interaction, guided by psychological models, and infused with predictive analytics, Aera can direct and support behavior change through daily interactions.
AERA is currently being presented at the Oxford Futures Forum and was a finalist for the Center for New York City Affairs Prized Solutions: Reimagining NYC competition.
