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Archive for May 11th, 2007

Art From Ambient Electricity

Power lines kind of ‘leak’ energy that isn’t being fully utilized, which maybe why you hear buzzing when standing under the lines. Some groovy artist has used this energy to power a thousand fluorescent lights.
Richard Box, artist-in-residence at Bristol University’s physics department, got the idea for Field (2004) – 1,301 fluorescent tubes powered only [...]

May 11th, 2007
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iSave Shower Power

I’m a sucker for nice long hot showers and I can’t help but think that it’s wasteful and an exercise of pure luxury that a lot of the world can’t afford. This all doesn’t stop me from spending 10 minutes enjoying hot water. A new invention may help me ween off my wastefulness though.
The iSave [...]

May 11th, 2007
Topic: Energy, Environment Tags: ,