Garfield Project-Wii for Health

I have participated in a gis4kids project for promoting health through use of video games like the Nintendo Wii. In Garfield YMCA, we utilized two Wiis and formed a tennis competition with the kids. Before they started the competition, we measured their body weight, height, and also their blood pressure. The kids’ use of Wii provides great incentives for working out. Not only are children allowed to play video games and to compete for a prize but they also get a chance to by physically active. By conducting this study we want to show how Wii promotes health for the community and whether or not it is a good intervention/prevention for obesity and the disorders associated with it.
-jocelyn im

GIS is used as an Artwork

Not only is GIS used to provide information to communites and organizations, but it can also be utilized as an element of artwork. While I was surfing the net, I came across this artist named Nikolas Schiller who has gone beyond the limits of art design. His unconventional approach uses GIS as part of his artwork. His artwork is truly amazing because he distorts real locations using GIS aerial photographs to make his works a masterpiece! His site is can be found at: http://www.nikolasschiller.com/blog/.

-jocelyn