[Reader-list] Corporate Fallout Detector

[Sunil Abraham]

http://web.media.mit.edu/jpatten/cfd/


Corporate Fallout Detector

The Corporate Fallout Detector reads barcodes off of consumer products,
and makes a noise similar to a gieger counter of varying intensity based
on the social or environmental record of the company that produces the
product.

I came up with the numbers by correlating several online bardcode
databases with a pollution database and a corporate ethics database. Of
course the data produced by this approach is subjective and inaccurate at
times, but that's part of why I built it: It's difficult for consumers
trace corporate actions through the maze of corporate ownership, and find
who is really responsible. This helps create an environment where
consumers have difficulty making informed purchasing decisions.... without
the use of "special tools"...

The case is made from a discarded steel computer case, cut on a waterjet
cutter and bent with a metal brake. Inside is a SaJe microcontroller and a
Wasp barcode scanner.

Click on the thumbnails at left for larger images


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Sunil Abraham, sunil at mahiti.org http://www.mahiti.org
MAHITI Infotech Pvt. Ltd.'Reducing the cost and complexity of ICTs'
314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka, INDIA
Ph/Fax: +91 80 4150580. Mobile: 98455 12611
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples
then you and I will still each have one apple.
But if you have an idea and I have one idea and we exchange these ideas,
then each of us will have two ideas" George B. Shaw



-- 
Sunil Abraham, sunil at mahiti.org http://www.mahiti.org
MAHITI Infotech Pvt. Ltd.'Reducing the cost and complexity of ICTs'
314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka, INDIA
Ph/Fax: +91 80 4150580. Mobile: 98455 12611
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples 
then you and I will still each have one apple. 
But if you have an idea and I have one idea and we exchange these ideas,
then each of us will have two ideas" George B. Shaw