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Hi Tal,

That sounds like such a cool event! I'm not sure how trustworthy your teens
are with mirrors and sunlight (vs. ours) but I love the idea of connecting
the music amplification to power capture. I also think it will be a
wonderful 'power
of cooperation' experience. I'd definitely start testing it out in varying
scales... not sure if you can reach the db level you need- but I'm not an EE
guru. I think the idea of using cigarette smoke as an exhibit vehicle
is funny in a delightfully twisted sort of way.

Not to be a complete self-promotions nerd, but along these lines I wrote a
blog
posting yesterday about a local magazine I found in my travels that (I
thought) did a great job of handling sustainability. I thought it could make
for a fine model or approach to developing an exhibit (not an event, btw).
This is due to what they covered and how they covered it. They used local
stories to get at global issues, personal perspectives, fostered a sense of
ownership, and a fine use of design.

Anyway, best wishes on your event- and please post pictures and follow-up!!

Maria Mortati
Exhibit Developer
Gyroscope Inc.

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On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Tal Berman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Hallo all
> thank you so very much for your fast reply. Although you all really took
> to the subject, everyone somehow focused on museum exhibits. The event
> we are asked to plan is a mass event for a crowd of around 5000 people-
> something more similar to the Albedo event we participated in last year.
>
> An idea that came up we named "Human sun tower". The idea is to put up a
> screen made of solar panels, at the southern corner of the parking lot
> and to give thousands of high school students that will be present at
> that time small mirrors to focus the sun`s rays onto the panels. When we
> stretched this idea a bit we thought to have a rock band on scene and
> have their amplifier be sensitive to the current from the solar panels
> so to encourage the participants to focus the sun`s rays to make sure
> the amplifier stays beyond the 85dB.
> Since we are a little acquainted with these teenagers smoking habits we
> may be able as a byproduct to explain atmospheric dispersion through
> smoke.
>
> Do you see this idea come to live? Is it feasible?
>
> thank you for your efforts,
>
> Tal
>
>
>
> Tal Berman; Ph.D.
> Head of the Exhibits Wing
> The Israel National Museum of Science, Technology & Space;
> Daniel and Matilde Recanati Center
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