Task 5, Day 3, 10/25/2009

Today the final project was re-directed, we were advised to dwell upon the past solar trackers we created in class and to intensify them, essentially we were to create a glorified solar tracking device.

New Ideas from the group. Brainstorm round 2

• folding
• "Halca Muses-B" satellite
• Hyposurface
• helio-bots
• synthetic tree form
• amphitheater/pavilion
• park - night light
• tents
• back of cell phone: on person (coat, hat, adornment)
• building: windows, walls/facades, roof
• cars
• bridges
• awnings
• bikini
• windshield visor
• sun tea
• sunglasses
• satellite
• balloon/bubble wrap
• lenses - inflatables
• water filled pockets
• parasol
• personality
• chameleon
• vacation: towels, lounge chair
• airplanes
• pool covers
• ski lifts
• boats
• buoy: lily pads, ecology
• algae: bioluminescents, photo reactors
• moonwalk
• seat/shade
• asylum/mattresses

Other topics discussed in this meeting

Things that work as photovoltaic cells

• flexible p.v
• off the shelf panels
• colored panels (light diffusion)
• silicon: single/poly, amorphous
• multijunction devices
• paintable
• polymer

Concentrate/Track the sun

• lens
• balloon
• water pockets
• triangles
• mirrors/reflectance
• mechanized movement
• hyrdrolics/thermal expansion
• hydrasolar trackers