As the following video shows, with some ingenuity and with water bottles, rooms can be illuminated through the roof with sunlight.

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While the use of water bottles might not work well under the weather conditions in Switzerland. I wonder, whether the technological principle could still be used to reduce lighting costs in Swiss workshops?

Studying at ETH

April 6th, 2009

After 6 weeks of studies at ETH Zurich I am still as excited as on my first day.

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