Did you know a bowl of tomato soup produces point nine volts and that one can of soup can light
a diode lamp requiring three volts? If one soup achieves this amount of light, imagine what a
whole dining table could generate!
Fiat Lux also translated as “let there be light”; a famous biblical phrase also used as a motto
for educational institutes, using light as a methaphor for knowledge. It is also the name of this assignment,
experiment and a christmas thank-you gift handed-out to ArtEZ's teachers of the Information Department!
One third of the people in the Netherlands prefer to bin Christmas leftovers than being short on
food for their guests. The country alone spends a whopping one hundred and twenty four million
euros on food during the festive days. The fanatic decorators powering their Christmas lights
day and night equals one year of powering a refrigerator! Only fourteen percent feels more
responsible regarding wastage during Christmas than the remaining days of the year. How can
design increase this fourteen percent regarding food and energy wastage?
This
handmade cutlery is not just designed for eating, but also functions as electrodes, enabling
families or friends to create light during or after a meal. The more members join in around
the table, the more light can be generated. To light the diode, simply stick your fork and spoon into your food and
connect all the cutlery and meals together.