Solar Powered Systems

Here in Lisbon developing a public installation that will be solar powered so I have been checking out the local solar devices. Like in Montreal there are electronic solar powered parking meters. Except I guess nobody cares much abut paying for parking.... because the solar panels are missing.... and so are the batteries... and the electronics... and the buttons are gone...

What I really found great is that these systems, despite the major vandalism, have not become completely useless... now they are used as sidewalk garbage cans!

The project I am developing will be about the same size as the parking meter and it should live outside in quite the same way. I guess I really have to watch out that I build it strong enough so that it won't end up like this parking meter. But since it will not be a cruel machine collecting money for everyone, maybe people will be less tempted to hurt it. In fact I hope they like it! I mean... who doesn't like RAINBOWS ?!