Fountain "DATAFOUNTAIN" linked with exchange rate fluctuations of yen, dollar and euro



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The place is Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is a fun fountain somehow that the height of the water represents each market price. The fountain has been updated every 5 seconds after receiving data from the Internet, and it shows the state of the market almost in real time.

Below you can see how it actually operates.
DATAFOUNTAIN - Money currency rates displayed with an internet enabled water fountain.

Various prototypes have been prototyped in order to link with actual data, and the appearance is also recorded on the above page with images. In the past, it seems that it was also taken up in Japanese TV programs, somehow the movie of that program is in ... ....

Incidentally, there is also a chocolate fountain. It is a chocolate version of cheese fondue ... ....

Chocolate Fountain

in Note,   Video, Posted by darkhorse_log