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Hello, Tal:

I have always liked the idea of people powered exhibits.  I have never  
tried it, but I know others here have.  One person (or even better  
several people) pedal a stationary exercise bike to make something  
work, or run on a treadmill, or turn a motor by hand.  I also have  
heard of, though never tried, things like a fountain that shows how  
much energy you are putting in (from any source, from photovoltaic to  
mechanical) by the height that the water shoots up.  Both of these  
could be fun from a learning and media point of view.  Joaquin Fargas (http://www.joaquinfargas.com.ar/ 
) from Argentina has some interesting ideas that you might want to  
look at.

Hope you are well!


Eric Siegel
esiegel at nyscience dot org



On Feb 18, 2009, at 1:58 AM, Tal Berman wrote:

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> The city municipality of Haifa turned to us in a request to suggest a
> program for the soon coming Earth Day. They stress they don't want to
> "recycle" old ideas that have been exhausted in the past, like turning
> off electric appliances and such, rather they want a new attractive  
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> that will appeal to the media as well as the citizens.
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> We thus are turning to you to enrich our bank of ideas.
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> Tal
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