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Video: Eradicating Poverty With Solar Energy
Jul 24th
Yes, its free energy but how does it get rid of poverty? In remote Guatemala where electricity is too precious to be spent on electrifying villages the nights are dark. Dark means no economic activity or too much spending on candles or fuel to keep the light burning through the night. Solar energy is set to change all that in rural Guatemala. A small solar panel costing $200 is transforming lives by providing light at night so that economic activity stays afloat in the dark. Video of the magic after the break.
Grassroots Innovation – A Refrigerator That Runs Without Electricity for $50
Jun 23rd
Grassroots innovation changes the way people live in poor nations, this particular one could well be the Nobel prize clincher. A young innovator in India, Mansukh Prajapati has created what he claims a refrigerator that runs without any need for electricity. He hasn’t done anything new, just applied the knowledge Indian people have had for years about
Video: India’s hidden hotbeds of invention
May 10th
India is moving ahead in its quest for innovation. While the innovation in India is termed “invisible” there are visible changes these innovations are bringing about. Watch Honey Bee Networks‘ Honey Bee Networks supports and helps in nurturing grass roots level innovation by facilitating knowledge sharing among communities. Anil Gupta talk about tapping grassroots innovation
DIY Lenses For Your Eyes – Look Again.
May 6th
About 45% of all Americans wear some sort of vision correction. Out of this, the majority wear eyeglasses made of, you know – glass or plastic. But what do you do in places such as sub-Saharan Africa where access to eye doctors, leave alone eyeglasses is as bad as access to water? Well, make your own glasses. Confused? Prof. Josh Silver, a physicist at the University of Oxford, UK has a unique solution to this problem. Literally.
Nokia Money Pilot Begins In India. Ahem.
May 3rd
Almost everyone in the world owns a cellphone, some of you folks are probably reading this off your fancy Blackberry (Please donate cash…I want one too). So what does a company like Nokia do when it has put a cellphone in almost everyone’s hands? Bank on the re-sale? Well…that would be a little ambitious simply
