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Solar Tracker, 2015
I wanted to make a self-sustaining unit based on the power of the sun. As solar power is becoming commercialized, people should know that a solar system is not so difficult to make. You can make your own 12 volt solar system, which could power your laptop, or small devices/appliances, and it would only take a couple days of tinkering, and a few special parts ordered online.
I made it more difficult by having two systems together, one for movement (tracking the path of the sun throughout the day), and a 12 volt solar power storage system. The movement system is powered by the solar system, so it is an autonomous robot sculpture. But my inspiration came from older paradigms. I was inspired by geomancy and sun-dials, and wanted to create a sculpture that was connected to the path of the sun, and so to North, South, East and West. When a device tracks the sun, you can tell the time from that device.
I made it more difficult by having two systems together, one for movement (tracking the path of the sun throughout the day), and a 12 volt solar power storage system. The movement system is powered by the solar system, so it is an autonomous robot sculpture. But my inspiration came from older paradigms. I was inspired by geomancy and sun-dials, and wanted to create a sculpture that was connected to the path of the sun, and so to North, South, East and West. When a device tracks the sun, you can tell the time from that device.