Re: +33(0)632722065

I realy enjoy this piece, particularly as it makes me aware of how cell phones use energy and how that energy is carried over through the world around us. I am curious though, are the cell phones the only source of power for the entire project? How are you limiting the range of the recptors to the rooms? Also while the lights and feathers serve as indicators of the process and peotic, have you thought about rewoking the piece to do actual work (light the street below, run an air filter, or pwer a fridge for example?

Just a couple of questions

David Strebel wrote:

> A banner is attached to a building. "Recyclez votre Appel +33 (0) 63
> 27 22 06 5" (Recycle your call) is printed on the banner. Several
> antennas are installed inside a room in the building. The antennas are
> able to register microwaves released by mobile phones.
> When a visitor makes a call with his mobile phone within the room or
> when +33(0)632722065 is called directly, the energy resulting from the
> call is registered and reused.
> While calling light emitting diodes light up. These LEDs are affixed
> to the antennas and also connected to an opto-electronic relay with
> light cables. The opto-electronic relay is placed in an opaque
> cardboard box together with a breather and a mobile phone. A plastic
> bottle is stuck head first in the box. A down feather is placed within
> the bottle neck.
> The bottom of the bottle is cut off. When the breather begins to blow
> the down feather starts to hover.
> The breather can be activated in two ways: 1. When a visitor makes a
> call with his mobile phone within the room, the antennas register the
> microwaves. LEDs light up. These light signals are led to the
> opto-electronic relay by light cables.
> 2. When +33(0)632722065 is called directly, the display of the mobile
> phone within the cardboard box lights up.
> In both cases the light signal is registered by the opto-electronic
> and thus activates the breather. The discharged air is pushing the
> down feather from the bottle neck into the bottle and causes it to
> hover.
> The movement of the down feather indicates how the released microwaves
> are being recycled.