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February 27th, 2010, 21:20
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A Melbourne icon was shut down recently due to damages that were apparently too severe to bother fixing, but thankfully for the otherwise stunning Southern Star Observation Wheel, a few good men and women have their gears going about what to do next. Designer Büro North, who also dreamed up the VEIL Solar Shades (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/designer-proposes-veil-solar-shades-to-power-schools/), has a most splendorous idea of how to turn a broken ride into something that actually benefits local citizens. Obviously everything's still a pipe dream for now, but said dream involves strapping solar sails onto the sides and creating a wind-driven energy generation machine that pulls juice from two renewable sources. And let's be honest, you'd totally ride this -- risks be darned.Melbourne's decommissioned Observation Wheel re-imagined as energy-making windmill (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/27/melbournes-decommissioned-observation-wheel-re-imagined-as-ener/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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A Melbourne icon was shut down recently due to damages that were apparently too severe to bother fixing, but thankfully for the otherwise stunning Southern Star Observation Wheel, a few good men and women have their gears going about what to do next. Designer Büro North, who also dreamed up the VEIL Solar Shades (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/designer-proposes-veil-solar-shades-to-power-schools/), has a most splendorous idea of how to turn a broken ride into something that actually benefits local citizens. Obviously everything's still a pipe dream for now, but said dream involves strapping solar sails onto the sides and creating a wind-driven energy generation machine that pulls juice from two renewable sources. And let's be honest, you'd totally ride this -- risks be darned.Melbourne's decommissioned Observation Wheel re-imagined as energy-making windmill (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/27/melbournes-decommissioned-observation-wheel-re-imagined-as-ener/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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