Project

Solar Ferris Wheel
Sustainable Installation

Type

Sustainable Design
Educational Toy

Date

2007.03.01

Skill

Electronic Design
Physical Computing


Overview
[Solar Ferris Wheel] is a solar powered interactive installation. With enough sunlight, the small plants and pots on it start rotating. The concept behind, is to the idea of responsibility: take care of the plants, give them enough sunlight, and it responds with rotation and fun!
Interaction
• User put the installatin under fair sunlight for 10 minutes to charge the rechargable batteries.
• When it charges the battery to full (3 seconds under direct sunlight), [Solar Ferris Wheel] starts rotating.