Solar-powered Energy Kit
date: label: date made
content: 1995
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Companies began selling solar-powered toys for fun and education in the early 1960s. This kit features an inexpensive solar cell that can operate either in sunlight or under artificial light to perform a variety of tasks such as running a small fan. Science educator Bill Nye licensed several solar-powered toys like this unit. A model helicopter and a model biplane are also in the Smithsonian collections.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Bill Nye
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0178.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0178
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0178.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: educational toy
label: Object Name
content: solar toy
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: solar panel: 1/2 in x 4 in x 5 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 10.16 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: windmill: 5 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 in; 13.335 cm x 6.35 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 9 in x 11 in x 2 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 27.94 cm x 6.35 cm