British designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have devised a series of unsettling furnishings that are sure to split the field when it comes to defining “green design”. These mechanized contraptions feature microbial fuel cells that generate power from fallen vermin – namely mice and insects. The animal lovers among you may not wish to read on, but it is a unique idea if your apartment has a vermin infestation.
The two designers first created a wall clock powered by a microbial fuel cell that is fed by dead insects that dare to stray too close. The fly-eating clock comes with a honey-covered white belt that attracts insects and operates like flypaper. Once an insect is stuck, it is then scraped off by a blade, which drops it into a microbial fuel cell below. That device will then transform organic matter into electrical energy. Apparently, it takes eight dead flies to provide enough juice for the clock to go on for 12 days.
Auger and Loizeau are aware that people will be horrified at their creations — however they justify their creations as being a “newfangled version of all those nature shows on television that show animals hunting in the wild”. “A fly buzzing around the window” says Auger, “suddenly becomes an actor in a live game of life, as the viewer half wills it towards the robot and half hopes for it to escape. Some people are appalled by it but others are fascinated. We play on something that is powerful in human nature, the idea of life and death.”
THIS is the answer to New York’s energy needs, with all of the rats and cockroaches that live there.
Their we go again.
It can only be the British to come up with such innovative concept. Just imagine be able to enjoy Scotland without the midges. Visit a tropical country without be plastered with anti mosquitoes ointment and nets, malaria might change course. Just think of it.
Hope we all can make use of it. We cannot use pesticide forever.Remember the bees and buterflies. That is a solution which one hopes can be understood and eventually accepted. On the other hand:
Perhaps we can speculate even further with this principle. If eight flies can provide energy for 12 working days for a clock(size not specified). What if after death a 6ft person or a cat, dog? I wonder what the maths would be?
A new burials era is on the pipeline.