Monday, December 13, 2010

"More From Don Searching........"

Some of you may already know this, but I LOVE campers.....doesn't matter what size, I just love them and I always have. Of course, Don definitely knows it and happened to see this on one of his online searches, which he then forwarded to me. I copied and pasted the article.........

"The Worlds' Smallest Solar Powered Movie Theatre"


Admit it, we're pretty demanding of our movie theaters: IMAX screens, seat shaking sound and glorious AC are the bare minimum. Sol Cinema offers a different experience. It's a glorified trailer that fits 8 people and is completely solar powered.

The UK-based Sol Cinema is 100% powered by the Sun. They say:

"The U.K. isn't famous for sunny days, yet [we] still manage to run our entire cinema, including video projectors, sound systems, laptops, hard drives and lights from the energy of the sun via solar panels. This means we have no utility bill each year and can perform anywhere at anytime."

The film projector they use is powered by four large lithium-ion batteries that are charged by two 120W solar panels. Sol Cinema refrains from showing anything that glorifies violence or is "too mainstream". They tell customers to think more "Michael Moore rather than Demi Moore".

Here's the inside of Sol Cinema:


And though Sol Cinema is decidedly gimmicky in their execution it begs to wonder why more theaters don't lay solar panels on their gigantic roofs.

Nothing was mentioned about a popcorn machine though......seems THAT would be a must? Or is that just something that I think is a "must have"? ;)

Of course, I found this very interesting and think it very cool. I hope you do, too.

3 comments:

Barb said...

I love it!!!

Does the tent out back house the restrooms?? :)

Barb said...

Do you also love tiny houses? These are my passion.

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/tiny_houses2.html

EL said...

That's cool. Have you ever seen this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfouPd3Nws&feature=player_embedded

I would love one of those for my Beetle.