Enhanced cards - digital invitation

I went to a chinese store and bought an electronic fan gadget. It was a board to have under your laptop with two fans and two blue LEDs. I wanted to make an invitation where the wind of the fans was used.

I cut off the USB-port, and linked a 9V-battery and a switch to the connections wires. Then I glued a board underneath so that the electronics and the invitation package was protected.

I wanted to make an invitation to a parachute jump that was like a flying mini parachut, that would float in the fan wind when the card was turned on. But the wind was very mild, and no matter how I made the parachut construction and no matter how light the material was, it wouldn't float on the wind.

I tried out different other themes too, to make interaction and something happen when the fans were switched on. The light wind didn't acted as I had expected, and this exploration was quite frustrating. Palmtrees, chinese lanterns, circus etc.....

So in the end I had to be finish, and decided to make a sailboat. The fan wind was supposed to blow in the sails, and to remind the reciever about how it feels to be sailing in the soft breeze. It didn't turn out to be how I really wanted it to work. And as I was finish I understood that this concept didn't communicate the expectations of such a theme. Anyway.... I learned something about different things in this project.