Dezeen | Wildfire detection concept wins Dezeen and Samsung's Re:Create Design Challenge @dezeen | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
A conceptual wildfire detection system powered by renewable energy and composed of recycled Samsung smartphones has been named the winner of the Re:Create Design Challenge.

The competition tasked entrants to come up with creative ideas to repurpose old Samsung devices or materials and transform them into new products or services that could potentially help people's lives and the planet in meaningful ways.

The Solar Lookout proposal would see Samsung smartphones repurposed into wildfire detection devices. Powered by renewable energy, the proposal was designed with the ambition to reduce the time elapsed between the genesis of the fire and when it is reported.

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