Setting up the symbiosis machine in the botanical garden´s tropical greenhouse,
I was always fascinated by the immense forces hidden in nature like small shoots cracking massive concrete and roots lifting up sidewalks.
While looking for a way to make these slow but powerful processes perceptible I read about the growth rate of bamboo: In the tropics it grows up to 1.5 meters a day while having it´s final diameter right from the beginning. Therefore bamboo seemed to be the perfect energy source for a mechanical object.
By limiting the machine´s functions to pumping water towards the bamboo the "symbiosis" also suggests a beneficial coexistence of nature and machines: We could try to find more sensitive ways to harvest the energy that is already there instead of just cutting plants down and burning them as fuel.
Illuatration of the machine´s working principle.
Setting up the symbiosis machine in the botanical garden´s tropical greenhouse,
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