Programmable Street Lighting

Street lighting in most urban environments is not responsive to the presence of people. As awareness around light pollution and energy losses increases how can we retrofit existing infrastructures to become more responsive and interactive? In addition, can we convey information through movement or ambient lighting effects in public spaces? The Augmented Street Light presents a first step towards investigating these questions. Like Urban Pixels in the Smart Cities group, the project further explores the boundaries between information display and urban lighting in cities.

The augmented street light is an interactive street light that responds to the presence of people by changing the orientation, brightness and color of the street light.