With the addition of a 10ft PVC pipe, or pole made from bamboo or wood, the device can be transformed into a streetlight. More importantly, all the components are open-sourced and can be built from scratch, even down to the circuit itself, the instructions for which can be found online (goo.gl/QEsfFv). The fact that the technology is not owned by a large, multinational corporation is hugely important in the charitys bottom-up approach, according to Diaz. If you teach enough people how to make solar lights they can keep their communities safe with solar streetlights, he says. Three to five watts is all thats needed to light an entire village. One watt times a million people who do it could be more powerful than a large-scale power plant. independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/liter-of-lights-solarpowered-diy-lamp-made-from-a-plastic-bottle-is-transforming-lives-9993728.html
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