Visualizing Local Electric Grid Pollution with a $7 Smart Lightbulb.
A physical data visualization for climate nerds.
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11 min readAug 1, 2021
Combining a grid cleanliness score from the WattTime API and an inexpensive smart bulb, I’ll walk through the creation of the “grid bulb,” which visualizes how dirty the local electric grid is at any moment. Knowledge is power and knowing when our local energy…