Small and medium sized kiddies should be able to deposit their energy in the bank. While their guardians are treading the mill, they could be depositing electricity by spinning tops.
Tagged Energy Bank, public art, Work-in-progressIngenious idea seeks historic locations
I am in Berlin working with Roman Minaev on visualizations of Energy Bank. I show my host, Michelle Teran, the first sketches and she says – how about retrofitting old petrol pump stations as Energy Banks. I have thought of this before, but had abandoned the idea. Mostly because my past [...]
EU industry commits to universal mobile phone charger
Published: 30 June 2009
EurActiv.com
” Europe’s major mobile phone manufacturers have agreed to adopt a universal charger for handsets sold in the EU from 2010. The deal is expected to please consumers and reduce pollution, but is limited to data-enabled handsets, which at the moment represent only a quarter [...]
I’m working in Berlin with Roman Minaev to make visualizations of Energy Bank. As a result, my original hand crank has been replaced with a turnstile system for generating kinetic energy – though still the petrol pump structure remains, it has grown a bit in scale ….
Images by Roman.
Europe declares war on laptop power adapters
Inefficient power leads have to go, says EU.
By Peter Sayer, IDG News Service
Published: 05:06 GMT, 09 April 09
” Inefficient power units, such as those that supply laptops or mobile phones are on the way out. The European Union has issued new rules that will prevent these from wasting electrcity, [...]