MOVA Globes
Self-Rotating Globes, Powered by Light
Physicist and inventor Bill French founded MOVA in 2003 in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a small beach town near San Diego. Each globe floats in a clear fluid inside a sealed shell and turns on its own: hidden solar cells run on ambient light while the earth’s magnetic field supplies the torque, so there are no batteries or cords. The globes are assembled by hand.
