Students and visitors in MIT’s Killian Courtyard won’t be able to miss the SOFT rockers’ graceful looping shapes, it looks like an outdoor rocking lounge furniture with a strip next-gen thin film solar panel on top, soft-wood detailing below, and interior LED lighting that glows like something out of TRON. a team lead by Sheila Kennedy, MIT Professor of the Practice of Architecture, presented to the Killian Court of MIT an outstanding project of a smart solar energy charging station – Soft Rocker The solar panels feed a 6-volt battery during the day, and it’s powerful enough, to fully charge three iPhones together in about four hours. the SOFT rockers are comfy. Designers Kennedy said"I wanted to explore how new value can be created through design for rapid growth soft wood materials in the building industry, and how software and automated fabrication can be used to mass customize the form that wood can take," .
The end result is a futuristic rocking chair, environmentally sustainable charging station, and interactive sculpture installation all in one. While having a walk in the park you can take a break in a Soft Rocker, easily charge your phone, run any USB device, watch a movie on a laptop, or have a little party, even at night the loop LED lighting is very enjoyable . Great technology and environment-friendly addition to the outdoors!
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