Weather

The sun is pretty much king of the power cycle. Hank Green from SciShow (also happens to run ecogeek) discusses the sun. Aside from affecting the melanin in your skin it also makes for a great energy source. However we continue to screw everything up with economics. Watch.

The reason I am bringing these ideas up is due to the fact that core77 had a great blog posting about Solar Panels in Rural Uganda by An Xiao Mina. I suggest you, after watching the above video, is go to the link and have a read. 

Mina looks at rural northern Uganda and their power needs and how they achieve these and problems facing these results and stuff. These posts are part of an ongoing series responding to Tricia Wang's series of posts. Ah, infinite cycles. 

The next thing! Dry Drizzle Rain Room! atmosphereatmosphereatmosphere

This is part of MoMA PS1's EXPO 1: New York exhibition. It is "a large-scale festival exploring ecological challenges". The installation is a 100square metre space of falling water. Yes, indoor rain. It responds to your movements and "presence" and lets you walk through it without getting wet. It was created by rAndom international. 

If it was me, I would program the installation to "act up" every now and then. JUST BECAUSE I COULD. So why am I showing you this? Other than its pure awesomeness, it relies on a sense of atmosphere. And they do this through weather....Or abstract weather. The idea of weather. Not only is the actual project beautiful, the media surrounding it is poetic and strangely similar to concept design. 

Turns out the project was found here, a blog written by Vincent Di Maggio. He has a better engaging style of writing and better knowledge. But he didnt have a video to link. So both blogs get referenced. The only thing I have to question is the sustainability factor....Where is this rain obtained from? Where is it going? How about the values and materials used? Nevertheless, I want to go and experience it.