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Rocking Chair

Generating power while relaxing.
 
Reinhart Paelinck, Sebastian Schulte, Kevin Verheyen
 

All three of us were interested in how we could profit energy in a silent and recreational environment. That is why we started with the idea of using the movement of a rocking chair to generate energy.

 

Our starting point was personal furniture and we focused on three concepts:
1. A sort of climate cooling system where a fan is driven by our rocking chair.
2. We power a wheel and play a short movie or animation.
3. Creating a heaven full of stars by turning an umbrella.

 
 
     
 
Prototype
 
 
     
This prototype makes an umbrella spin as you are rocking in the chair.
 
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