Ether oar (prototype)

Visualizing the ocean of ambient radio energy in which we are immersed.

This is device is powered solely by the ambient radio energy from nearby (Boston) broadcast stations. Broadband hoop antenna collects radio signals. Miniscule trickle of energy is rectified, slowly accumulated in capacitors, and sporadically discharged through wire coils poised in a magnetic field, causing actuators to jump, jiggle, and dance.