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A change of scene for the Wellbeing Beacon
You may have noticed by now that all of the wonderful lighthouses that have been displayed around the city have now been taken down. Most of these will be put up for auction at the International Boat Show on 20th September, however there is something very special planned for the Wellbeing beacon! The interactive lighthouse…
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Little light joins the Wellbeing Beacon
Both the Wellbeing Beacon and the Little Light can now be found in their temporary home in WestQuay shopping centre. It’s been a long journey getting there but they look fantastic! You can find both lighthouses just outside Smiggle, just across and down from Costa I really encourage you to go and interact with them,…
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Lighthouse installation
The Wellbeing beacon has now been successfully installed in WestQuay, ready to be interacted with! It’s been quite some journey getting this Lighthouse up and running! On the installation day team arrived just before 6pm, and the first challenges were getting the lighthouse to the upper floor of WestQuay from the hub on the ground…
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Lighthouse Installation Day is Almost Here!
The University of Southampton team is gearing up for an exciting event this Friday as we prepare to install Big and Little Lighty within West Quay. With final preparations underway, we’re diligently working to ensure everything is perfect for the big day. Our bright and colorful lighthouses are on the move! Big and Little Lighty…
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Exciting visit from Mount Pleasant school
On 26th June the University of Southampton hosted a fun interactive workshop for students from Mt Pleasant Junior School to learn all about science and engineering. The Wellbeing beacon lighthouse was the star of the show, but first it needed to be transported from it’s current home in WestQuay back to the university. This was…
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WestQuay Lighthouse
Last week I had the pleasure of going to visit all the lighthouses in their temporary residence in WestQuay. They were really rather marvellous – all very unique but wonderful in their own way. Here’s a few sneak peaks of the ones I enjoyed most: I would really recommend checking them out properly – you…
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Sneak Peek of Little Lighty!
Our mini lighthouse has arrived in the mechanical workshop, all painted and ready to have electronics installed. Whilst we can’t show you exactly what little Lighty looks like (you’ll have to go visit it in WestQuay after 13th July), here’s a sneak peek of part of the design!
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Exciting Lighty Updates
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It’s 3D print time!
The mechanical team have been hard at work figuring out how to embed the interactive screens within our lighthouse. This is a rather challenging task, on account of the fact that the screens are flat whilst the lighthouse walls are curved. As a result, Mark and Pawel have created a CAD design for some bevels…
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Lighthouse sponsors breakfast
Some of the team were lucky enough on Friday to be invited to a Sponsors Breakfast event Here we met with some of the wonderful people sponsoring other lighthouses around the city, and found out more about the project and the timeline of events. We also got to see this mini lighthouse designed to show…