Wooden sculptures showing solar dataviz for your location

[Clive_T]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/18/wooden-sculptures-showing-solar-dataviz-for-your-location.html

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[DeadWriter]

So the shapes that fold in on themselves and are less “smooth”, his words, is due to daylight savings time.

Yet another reason to get rid of that horological abomination.

[HaroldHill]

Horological Abomination is the name of my band.

[knappa]

Since we have two periodicities (24h, 365d) here, I’d like to see it on a torus.

[Hypoxia]

I assume the calculations would apply at my coordinates if all was level around me. But my modular home (i.e. trailer), surrounded by tall conifers, is located on a westward mountain slope. I rather suspect that on any specific day (if weather isn’t storm-cloudy, like today) the hours of sunlight reaching my front steps wouldn’t be accurately represented by this woodwork. But it should be fine after a moderate meteorite flattens the region.

[kenahoo]

Great idea. The inside of the torus could be the night time so it doesn’t need so much room.