INNOVATIVE
MOTION
MAKER
STUDIO
5/5/2015
Stichting Tegen Kanker
Happiness Brussels
How can we encourage people on the beach to find some shade and protect themselves against skin cancer? Happiness Brussels came up with the idea of a "Shadow Wifi" network which only works in the shade, thereby encouraging beach-goers to find some shade.
After exploring many different options such as dongles with sensors we opted to go for a directional wifi antenna that can offer wifi in a narrow band of space. This directional antenna used a sensor to automatically target itself to send the wifi signal into the shade.
To connect to the wifi, users connected through a custom developed captive portal offering more information about the project.