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2050 Science to African Market
The $100 Laptop opened third
industrial revolution for developping world.
Next step are low cost products to be
assembled local in Africa. The microbial
Fuel cell of HARVARD in a Beautybox from
“grocery store” needs no expensive molding costs.
A few microbes digest leafs and chicken wire
transports the DC electricy to a controller
for more constant power output, probably
a capacitor does the buffering. The device
will cost less than $10 and could power
LED lighting, radios, cellphones. Refilling
by local resources. The leading project at
the Lighting Africa show of the worldbank
at Accra Ghana 2008.
The Recyclo solar Electrobox 230V AC long
distance LED lighting power with village
grid extension to light 125 homes per box
goes the same way. No plastic molding but
recycled woodboxes from the vegetabel market
stabilized wood space frame technology to
be assembled with solar drilling machines
at local oFf-grid solar mini factory in Africa.
Prewired, plug & play, repair yourself, extend
to TV, Refrigerator upgrade. Integrated USB fuel cell
powers emergency LED lantern, radio cellphone.
Agropark presented the World’s first LED fuel cell
Lantern, Medis inside, to be massproduced at 1 million
pcs for less than 10 Euros. The housing again recycled
milkbottles, 5000 bottles recycled save one barrel
of petrol. The LEDs mounted on ancient phonecards
instead toxic printed circuit boards could be reimported
to Europe / US for G24i USB solar power $10 or fuelcell
or USB computer recharge. The LED lamps assembled in
Africa produce 30 Watt light, on CD size 60 Watt
with transistorfree layout 20 years lifetime.
…jumpstarting green low CO2 economy
for Africa that soon will positive backfire
to consumers looking for products as simple
as to refill or repair myself.

correction: the showcased microbial fuelcell
is from Havard School of Engineering, Applied
sciences, Cambridge, MA.
We excuse for the wrong Logo in the video, but MIT was also present with a microbial FC
We congratulate both teams for their effort.

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