GravityLight: lighting for developing countries.
Very clever solution for lighting beyond the power grid.
If you're interested, their IndieGoGo funding page is here: www.indiegogo.com/projects/282006/x/1881178?c=home
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:19,
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Why don't they just plug it into the wall socket like everybody else?
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JamTallons, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:24,
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That really is quite wonderful
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:24,
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Does that funding include 5 grand for catering?
That is pretty cool though.
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skeltonator Needs some new daps., Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:29,
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I hope they've thought ahead and included it.
I wouldn't want them to miss out on catering.
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Fadgebadger (1 like), Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:38,
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I'm out.
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:43,
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He's gay?
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:47,
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You heard it here first!
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 17:49,
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I saw this the other day, however....
It's not an improvement on the wind up lights already on the market and those you can get for under $1.
It's just using the old weighted mechanism that grandfather clocks have used for centuries.
Lifting a bag of rocks every 30 minutes is not always an option ( think old and infirm here)
They were tasked to create a solar light.
Africa has solar resources coming out of its arse why ignore that?
Lots a clock work for fine african dust to jam up.
It's not a portable light. (when in use)
So those nighttime trips to the shitter are going to be just as scary.
/Product designers blog
Here you go
www.alibaba.com/product-gs/220513220/dynamo_wind_up_flashlight.html
For the amount these guys are asking for you can supply 114,583 Africans with free light.
No it hasn't got a couple of terminals for charging stuff however if a load only powers an LED for 30 minutes then it's next to useless for any meaningful power recharging.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:47,
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possibly why the people that asked them to do it in the first place aren't supplying the funds they are now chasing
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:52,
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Matches 99p
That'll make around 350,000 fires
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Fadgebadger (1 like), Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:57,
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The video should say
we were asked to design a simple and cheap lighting solution that uses the sun's power, something Africa has quite alot of. Instead we designed a completely different product and the charity said "nice but it's not fucking solar powered is it beardy?".
Regardless, I still admire their efforts. Although thinking about it if the kids in the African villages just bought kindles with back lit screensthe problem would be solved.
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herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 15:10,
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I didn't know that Africa has solar resources coming out of its arse.
Where?
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:53,
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The sun?
Pretty major solar resource right there.
I don't mean to come down hard on this project but they were given a brief which they ignored.
A brief no doubt given to them by people that know the situation on the ground.
For the amount of money they are asking for and diverting away from other African NGO's you could do a lot more good if the idea is cheap / free lighting.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 14:56,
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you said "hard on"
Heheh.
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 15:17,
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Please stop speaking so much sense
Im getting tired of clicking 'I like this' all day :D
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IF YOU LOVE HIM SO MUCH WHY DONT YOU MARRY HIM???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 15:58,
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And then touch his winkie.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 16:13,
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with your mouth
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 16:14,
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You're top of my list for my 'cherry popping' ceremony Tabby
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I think his cherry went into a bakewell tart long ago
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 16:39,
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You will catch your death dressed like that.
Also, has a tiny mouth been airbrushed on? The mouth looks well weird.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 16:54,
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his chest tattoo says 浥
which means "moist".
ew.
edit: stupid tiny unicode character set :(
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admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 5:27,
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They said the 'passionate' word
Gahhh fuckfuckfuck
Great idea though
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simbosan liked your link on, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 15:10,
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I agree, they ignored the brief
Unfortunately, PhotoVoltaic (PV) panels are not cheap enough yet for true third-world use. However, if the PV paints/coatings (Corus developments etc) take off, it won't matter that they are less efficient than the doped silicon used as present, because Africa has a shitload of sunlight to harvest and lots of corrugated iron to paint them on.
That's not to say that the weight idea doesn't have merit - it's just NOT what the brief asked.
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How can they run cities and trains by painting corrugated iron, that's what I want to know.
They need to build proper infrastructure. You can teach a man to fish but you can't lead a horse to a bush with 2 birds in it, as the saying goes.
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JamTallons, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 15:50,
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many hands make
a spoilt broth
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 10 Dec 2012, 16:20,
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