Ambient nature network: new technologies to connect people to nature

该项目旨在通过新技术将人与自然重新联系起来。自然界中的事件发生在难以亲眼目睹的时间、地点和规模上，导致人类与自然脱节。该项目建议通过研究和设计新的低成本设备来解决这个问题，这些设备将环境传感器与新的接口相结合，以平静、引人入胜的方式揭示公园和花园中的当地自然，在中高密度环境中的家庭内部和之间。结果将包括新的互联设备、有趣的界面和社交共享机制、与当地团体的评估，以及技术支持的人与自然互动的新理论。好处将包括更好的社区与自然的联系，参与当地公民科学，环境倡议和新颖的监测服务和产品。

This project aims to reconnect people with nature through new technology. Events in nature occur at times, places and scales that are hard to witness, leading to human disconnection from nature. This project proposes to address this issue by researching and designing new low-cost devices that combine environmental sensors with new interfaces to reveal local nature in parks and gardens in calm, engaging ways within and between homes in medium and high density environments. Outcomes will include new connected devices, playful interfaces and social sharing mechanisms, an evaluation with local groups, and a new theory of technology supported human-nature interaction. Benefits will include better community connection to nature, engagement in local citizen science, environmental initiatives and novel monitoring services and products.