A breadcrumb trail of project notes
The mission of Habana Labs in Brooklyn is to research, develop and apply technology related to ecology and sustainable energy. Their focus is on empowering local communities to take part and their approach is very hands on. At their third in a series of workshops on wind power the focus was on the electronics needed to convert kinetic motion (e.g. from a wind turbine) into useable electrical energy. Using mostly scavenged motors about 40 people were able to build small generators to convert rotary motion into electricity. Felt really good to see people getting their hands dirty and sustainable energy becoming less abstract.
There were a lot people taking pictures, including a video crew from ITP. There should be more documentation documentation up on their site soon.