4 1/2" Silver Blue Rotating Globe

4 1/2" Rotating Globe! It's never upside down. This globe is up to date with the current countries which are shown all in a sleek silver. This is functional art at it's best and a great conversational piece.

The world's most advanced globe, that rotates silently and is inspired by the earth itself. It requires no power cords or batteries. . .only the natural light of your home or office.

The globe rotates peacefully and silently using only the energy of room light and the force of the earth's magnetic field. This is possible because the globe is actually an inner globe that rotates and is contained within an outer shell made of very clear acrylic that does not rotate. The thin space between the inner globe and outer shell is filled with a safe, perfectly clear fluid that buoyantly supports the inner globe completely out of contact with the outer shell. This inner globe, floating and turning in a virtually friction-free environment and energized by light, is analogous to the earth itself. The globe is being brought to market at a time when people everywhere will understand and appreciate this analogy.

The optical properties of the outer sell and fluid are carefully chosen so that the graphic features on the surface of the inner globe are magnified and appear to be on the outer surface of the outer shell. This means that the outer shell actually appears to move. The globe can rest on an attractive stand that is provided, or on just about any other kind of stand that can be chosen to complement it's graphic design. The globe appears to rotate in spite of resting on the stand, in quiet defiance of commonly held ideas about the laws of friction.

A carefully designed, and highly efficient drive mechanism within the inner globe drives the rotation even in room light. Energy for the drive is provided by very advanced solar cells within the inner globe, illuminated by light passing through the graphic on the globe. The drive includes a magnetic element that reacts with the earth's magnetic field, much as a common compass does, to provide torque to drive the globe.

All of these elements of the globe cooperate to create a beautiful, magical object that provides a meditative point of focus to any room.