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Meet Jessica, a real power player: she invented a soccer ball that generates electricity when you kick it. Play a quick game of soccer with your friends, and you can power your household light for an entire evening.
Jessica tested her idea in South Africa and Kenya. Now she has her own company called sOccket to help her spread her big idea all over the world. And she's not the only young social innovator changing where and how we can get power.
Meet Hugo, born and raised in South Africa. He makes technology that allows anyone, anywhere to make electricity from dirt in their own backyard. To share his solution, Hugo started a company called Lebone -- pronounced [La - bo - ney] -- it's the Northern Sotho word for light, lamp, or candle.
Your LEARN mission this week is to figure out: Who else is inventing creative, sustainable ways to power our everyday lives? Find someone working on a creative electricity project, or a sustainable energy project -- and tell the network about their big idea.
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During my time spent reporting for WUFT News last semester, I met the amazing team at Alachua County Growth Management Department who's working to lower costs for Alachua County residents to install solar panels. While many people would assume that the major cost involved with using solar panels is the actual installation, Alachua County Growth Management Department planner Holly Banner realized that many people are deterred from installing panels because of the costly and confusing permit application process. She said the "soft costs" such as permitting costs have remained high over the years while the actual panel costs have fallen steadily. To combat this issue, the Alachua County Growth Management Department obtained a $290,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a user-friendly permitting system on the county website. With an easily-to-navigate process in place, Banner anticipates a rise in solar panel instillations across the county.
I think that there are many places and people working to improved sustainable and renewal energy.
Solar panels and wind I believe are two great examples.
The Great Outdoor Gym Company has invented a gym that harvests the energy spent exercising and converts it into electricity. It has an option for users to calculate their BMI and see how much energy they have generated. This system in currently in the United Kingdom and is designed to give office workers a way to take their workout outside.
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tgo-green-heart-outdoor-gym
I chose Mike Bermmann of Revolution Energy which is a renewable energy developer. And they focus on a financial model called a ‘Power Purchase Agreement,’ to help deploy renewable energy in an affordable manner to all hosts and clients we see within the state and within the region.
The power player that I found is named Stephen Wood, who is an assistant professor at Florida Institute of Technology. Wood is working on creating Wing Waves, which can be placed under the sea and produce electricity from the water. It is estimated that one square mile of Wing Waves can produce enough electricity to power about 200,000 houses. In regards to possible negative impacts on sea life, it has been proven that the wings are environmentally friendly and will not negatively impact sea life.
Awesome to use every day activities to create energy!
India is currently spending more on social innovation in this sector than the US and making far more progress. LEARN3
Jessica's idea will deffently create a lot of energy, but so will Hugo's.
Hugo's idea is a very innovative idea. The issue would be teaching people how to operate the power source. There is no way that every person in Africa would have the intelligence or technical expertise to make this work. As for Jessica's idea... It's certainly possible, but the issue would be how easily everyone including criminals could access energy.
Hugo's idea will change Africa. This will allow the various people in Africa with the ability to have energy. Also, this energy will provide the region with sustainable energy without having the adverse environmental impacts.
I think that Hugo has a REALLY good idea. Also, Jessica's idea could really change south Africa in a BIG way
Jessica's idea could really change the face of power because in places like South Africa, soccer is a sport played by many. By introducing sOccket to the people there, more people could get power.
I love Jessica's idea! I think it is great that kids can have fun while being productive. I know that in some places it takes hard work to get electricity. Instead of mothers telling their children to go turn a heavy wheal or something like that, they can say go play soccer! That is great!
I could not find any others, but I do love Jessica and Hugo's ideas. Just the pure creativeness of the ideas is amazing. I mean, how do they come up with this stuff? The big thing about sOccket is that soccer is the most-played sport, with over 250 million players worldwide as of 2000. Hugo's idea might be a little more successful because almost anyone who owns a home, which is well over the amount of soccer players in the world, which will result in more use of the product. Although, sOccket will get sponsored by FIFA and Nike,etc., and labone might succeed Scott's, MiracleGro, etc. in the soil/garding section. Overall, I think that both innovations will be extremely successful.
I think Jessica has a very good idea kids can stay fit and make energy.
I think Jessica's idea is genius. It can help kids make energy for their while having fun. This idea could encourage kids to stay fit. I think this invention can change many lives.
Jessicas invention could change many lives in Africa and people all around the world that favor sports.
Some ways you could make ideas better could be making easy ways to travel foods and water for the more poor people to survive. Jessica's invention could change our world deeply and we keep on innovating like her.
Since I couldn't find anything on the online, I will say what I know. Many people are starting to use either different sources of energy or a new way to create energy. Jessica's and Hugo's ideas are amazing. Many people all over the world play soccer and just think how muck dirt and soil is in your backyard. These people are finding new, innovative ways to make energy for people who probably don't have as much.
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