Day 1,814: out-of-the-way, Ferris wheel

The phone company hoped it could replace the batteries that run equipment in out-of-the-way places. It also realised that powering devices with light alone showed how science could make the future seem wonderful; hence a press event at which sunshine kept a toy Ferris wheel spinning round and round.

The exponential growth of solar power will change the world

Artwork of the day 
The wayfarer
Hieronymus Bosch
Date: c.1500
Style: Northern Renaissance
Genre: religious painting
Location: Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dimensions: 71 x 70.6 cm

Word of the day 
out-of-the-way: far from places where many people live or usually
Ferris wheel: a large, vertical wheel in an amusement park with seats that stay horizontal as the wheel turns round

Quote of the day
“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. ”

― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood