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Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has turned a group of wind turbines into a light installation by connecting the structures with moving laser beams. Roosegaarde and a team of designers and engineers created the Windlicht installation at the Eneco wind farm in Zeeland, in the Netherlands, to "show the beauty of green energy". Roosegaarde designed software that would allow a green laser projected from one turbine to follow a blade on the turbine next to it. A tracking system predicts where the blade will be, then sends a signal to the hardware attached to the centre of the turbine – allowing it to adjust according to the strength of the wind and speed of the rotations. "We wanted to bring a positive dimension to green wind energy, and to add a playful and poetic dimension to our landscapes," Roosegaarde told Dezeen. "We took inspiration from the cultural heritage of Kinderdijk in order to show how nature and technology can create a symbiosis," he said. The Dutch village of Kinderdijk was declared a world heritage site in 1997 by UNESCO thanks to its 19 traditional wooden windmills dating from the 19th century. Read more on Dezeen: http://www.dezeen.com/?p=868145 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest architecture and design movies: http://bit.ly/1tcULvh