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Dec. 12th, 2012 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynOkay, this project is kind of amazing:
GravityLight is a revolutionary new approach to storing energy and creating illumination. It takes only 3 seconds to lift the weight which powers GravityLight, creating 30 minutes of light on its descent.
It's an Indiegogo charity project to develop, manufacture, and distribute gravity-powered LED lamps for use in India and Africa (for starters) that won't need to be fueled by kerosene or other consumable fuels that have to be gathered or paid for. Solar's great as far as energy sources that don't require people to inhale smoke go, but it tends to be expensive for individuals, plus there's the whole relying-on-daylight factor and the need for serious batteries. Kinetic energy being transformed into electrical current's an old, old thing, and this sounds like a fantastic way to do it.
I'm going to head back there after my next payday and chip in at one of the levels where you get your own light as well as sponsoring lights for distribution to the target villages. No offense to the box of Shabbos candles I bought before Sandy, but emergency lighting in the event of a blackout probably shouldn't rely on me being able to find matches in the dark and keep the cats away from open flame.
GravityLight is a revolutionary new approach to storing energy and creating illumination. It takes only 3 seconds to lift the weight which powers GravityLight, creating 30 minutes of light on its descent.
It's an Indiegogo charity project to develop, manufacture, and distribute gravity-powered LED lamps for use in India and Africa (for starters) that won't need to be fueled by kerosene or other consumable fuels that have to be gathered or paid for. Solar's great as far as energy sources that don't require people to inhale smoke go, but it tends to be expensive for individuals, plus there's the whole relying-on-daylight factor and the need for serious batteries. Kinetic energy being transformed into electrical current's an old, old thing, and this sounds like a fantastic way to do it.
I'm going to head back there after my next payday and chip in at one of the levels where you get your own light as well as sponsoring lights for distribution to the target villages. No offense to the box of Shabbos candles I bought before Sandy, but emergency lighting in the event of a blackout probably shouldn't rely on me being able to find matches in the dark and keep the cats away from open flame.
