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Panasonic to Donate 100,000 Solar Lanterns in Asia and Africa
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic will celebrate its 100th anniversary by donating 100,000 solar lanterns across several countries in Asia and Africa. It is estimated that over 1.3 billion people on earth have no access to electricity and they usually depend on kerosene lantern to provide light after dark. Those kerosene lamps release toxic fumes and also are not efficient or bright. Solar ...
Shoot with No Batteries or Electric Cords; Sun and Cloud Let You Do it the Ecofriendly Way
Cameras have become important gadgets in everyone’s life and many have taken to photography as a serious passion. At a time where pixel count matters, the camera called Sun and Cloud with an intuitive design have come forward with the most nature friendly power source. Yes, solar charging indeed. It also equips a hand crank so that the shooting goes uninterrupted ...
Volta Racer from Toy Labs Lets your Kids Race as well as Study Some Engineering
When it comes to kids, they want toys and they don't really care if it is battery operated or is running by a nuclear fuel cell. But once they get through the playing part, there is always the possibility of getting through to them with the technology by which these are made. So in that way, solar powered toys can be ...
Quetsol Solar Kit to Light Up Guatemala Hinterland
Guatemala has a considerable size of population below the poverty line. Twenty percent of this Latin American country citizens still have no access to electricity. These families go completely dark in their homes at night; their children are unable to study. Most of them use kerosene lights and candles to light their homes. But buying these products eats into their ...
Apple Lining Up Solar-Powered iPhone; Patent Filing Suggests
Are you an Apple fanboy? If yes, this could excite you more. The iGiant seems to be looking at the sun to charge its devices. And, as if in a bid to make things possible in that terrain, the company has filed a patent application for integrated touch sensor and solar assembly that could usher in iDevices that would capture ...
Solar Power Could Provide Earth’s Power Needs by 2050
It is a fact that a global switch to renewable energy would be necessary to save our planet. But over the years, critics have been arguing that renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power could never satisfy the entire world’s energy needs. The argument seems to be getting invalid. A recent research on solar power has found that ...
MIT Scholars Bring Solar Power to Remote African Clinics
How about powering remote Africa with the sun? MIT scholar Matthew Orosz has done exactly that. He and his team have developed a solar-powered system to provide electricity in remote African clinics. Interior Africa, as of now, uses electricity to light lamps and run medical devices in clinics courtesy of expensive imported diesel fuel. Orosz spent two years in the African ...
Tokelau to be World’s First Nation to be Fully Powered By Solar Energy
Tokelau is all set to become the world’s first solar powered nation. Amazing, isn’t it? The island country will be generating all its required electricity from solar power in the near future. All major steps to be taken to achieve this status will be finished by this September. The three atolls that make up the nation of Tokelau are in the ...
San Francisco Dairy Takes on Solar Cogeneration
Clover Stornetta Farms is a dairy with a different business strategy. With a solar facility on its fleet maintenance center, diesel trucks that have been converted to cold plate technology and the use of a Freon-based cooling system instead of ammonia, the farm is well-known for its sustainable business practices. The farm works with a few dozen family-owned local dairies to ...
Bali School Sports Solar-powered ATM
AN ATM on a school campus is nothing new. What sets the Green School, on the Indonesian island of Bali, apart is that it has a solar-powered ATM in its campus. When the school decided to set up an ATM, it was in a fix. ATMs require electricity and are usually set in concrete. The school didn't want both. That's because ...
