Off-Grid Street Lighting

Retirado do site Engineering:

"Tom Lombardo posted on May 12, 2013 |

It costs a lot of money to build a road … even more if you want to add wires to power the streetlights from the grid. Urban Green Energy (UGE) has a solution: an off-the-grid streetlight.

SOCCKET, the Energy Generating Soccer Ball, Ramps Up Production On Kickstarter

Em continuação de um post anterior (link), retirado do site StumbleUpon:

"by Kristine Lofgren, 03/15/13

A few years ago we introduced SOCCKET, an energy generating soccer ball that can provide light for children in developing nations.”Much more than a normal soccer ball, the SOCCKET is a portable generator that provides fun and power to those who play with it.” The invention has made the leap from innovative idea to reality with an improved prototype of SOCCKET that is already helping people around the world. The ball, which harnesses energy as it is kicked around, can light an LED lamp for a few hours at a time. That means that a child who was forced to study by candle or kerosene light may now have a safe alternative for illumination – and he/she can have a ‘ball’ and get exercise while charging up too! Currently, SOCCKET developers are aiming to ramp up production and make more balls available across the world. Learn more about this inspiring toy/generator hybrid after the jump!

Lights out – France to force shops and offices to go dark overnight

Retirado do jornal Guardian:

"French light pollution law is expected to save 250,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

Katie Davies

guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 January 2013 17.48 GMT



France's light pollution law comes into effect on 1 July. Photograph: Guardian