Follow us at: www.trendguardian.com A soccer ball to light up developing nations? Who could have though of it. Four girls from Harvard designed a soccer ball that charges up with power when kicked. Soccket's technology uses induction coils equipped inside the ball to generate electricity: 15 minutes of play powers an LED light up to 3 hours. One part soccer ball, one part portable energy generator, another community builder and finally one part global health tool, this deceptively simple solution is a persuasive demonstration of how possible it is to build a brighter future for those in greatest need. The four girls won the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Invention award. Although the team is still looking for manufacturers, but there's been some suggestion of a model like TOMS Shoes (watch: "TOMS Shoes: Don't Cry for me Argentina") in which buying a ball in a Western country would result in one being distributed in a developing nation. Now, football's worldwide popularity can be used to change people's lives. sOccket began as an global health engineering project in Havard by for girls: Jessica Lin, Jessica Matthews, Julia Silverman, Hemali Thakkar. They have all spent time in Africa and wanted a way of translating the positive energy of soccer and children seen on the fields and playgrounds in Africa to their lives off the field and into their homes. Follow us at: www.trendguardian.com
Saturday, July 21, 2012
sOccket: How One Spark of an Idea Can Light Up the World
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Follow us at: www.trendguardian.com A soccer ball to light up developing nations? Who could have though of it. Four girls from Harvard designed a soccer ball that charges up with power when kicked. Soccket's technology uses induction coils equipped inside the ball to generate electricity: 15 minutes of play powers an LED light up to 3 hours. One part soccer ball, one part portable energy generator, another community builder and finally one part global health tool, this deceptively simple solution is a persuasive demonstration of how possible it is to build a brighter future for those in greatest need. The four girls won the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Invention award. Although the team is still looking for manufacturers, but there's been some suggestion of a model like TOMS Shoes (watch: "TOMS Shoes: Don't Cry for me Argentina") in which buying a ball in a Western country would result in one being distributed in a developing nation. Now, football's worldwide popularity can be used to change people's lives. sOccket began as an global health engineering project in Havard by for girls: Jessica Lin, Jessica Matthews, Julia Silverman, Hemali Thakkar. They have all spent time in Africa and wanted a way of translating the positive energy of soccer and children seen on the fields and playgrounds in Africa to their lives off the field and into their homes. Follow us at: www.trendguardian.com
Follow us at: www.trendguardian.com A soccer ball to light up developing nations? Who could have though of it. Four girls from Harvard designed a soccer ball that charges up with power when kicked. Soccket's technology uses induction coils equipped inside the ball to generate electricity: 15 minutes of play powers an LED light up to 3 hours. One part soccer ball, one part portable energy generator, another community builder and finally one part global health tool, this deceptively simple solution is a persuasive demonstration of how possible it is to build a brighter future for those in greatest need. The four girls won the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Invention award. Although the team is still looking for manufacturers, but there's been some suggestion of a model like TOMS Shoes (watch: "TOMS Shoes: Don't Cry for me Argentina") in which buying a ball in a Western country would result in one being distributed in a developing nation. Now, football's worldwide popularity can be used to change people's lives. sOccket began as an global health engineering project in Havard by for girls: Jessica Lin, Jessica Matthews, Julia Silverman, Hemali Thakkar. They have all spent time in Africa and wanted a way of translating the positive energy of soccer and children seen on the fields and playgrounds in Africa to their lives off the field and into their homes. Follow us at: www.trendguardian.com
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