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Self-adjustable lenses
Self-adjustable lenses have been distributed to a poor community in Manado Indonesia, who otherwise would not have had access to the eyeglasses they needed.
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Tulip Siphon Water Filter
Gravity fed siphon ceramic water filter for families (storage vessel for filtered water not included). »
Tulip Siphon Water Filter for Groups
Gravity fed siphon ceramic water filter for larger groups (schools, clinics) »
Barefoot PowaPack 5
The PowaPack5 is a solar home system that is 5 times brighter than one kerosene lamp and provides light for up to 40 hours and also charges your mobile phone. »
Barefoot PowaPack 15 Village Lighting Kit
The PowaPack15 is a village lighting kit where one of the five lamps is 20 times brighter than one kerosene lamp and provides light for up to 100 hours and also charges your mobile phone. »
Barefoot PowaPack Junior
The PowaPack Junior is a solar home system that is 5 times brighter than one kerosene lamp and provides light for up to 12 hours and also charges your mobile phone. »
Barefoot Firefly 12 Mobile
The Firefly 12 Mobile is a LED lamp that can be charged with the sun via a solar panel and also charges your mobile phone. It is 5 times brighter than a kerosene lamp and provides light for 4.5 hours on a high setting and 50 hours on a low setting. »
Kiran S11
The Kiran is the world’s most affordable high-quality solar LED lantern, and is a bright and durable replacement for kerosene lanterns. »
Nova S201
The Nova S201 is a premium, all-purpose solar lantern. The Nova is 8-10 times brighter than a kerosene lantern and 30-50% more efficient than fluorescent lights. »
Solata S380
The Solata is bright and long-lasting for hours of light during exam times, sturdy enough to take to the fields, and flexible enough to be used on a shelf, in the kitchen, or out with the animals. »
Solvatten Solar Safe Water System
Portable household unit for treating and heating water. Uses only solar energy, no other energy source, chemicals, spare parts or other supplies required. »
Life Straw
LifeStraw is a portable water filter for prevention of common diarrhoeal disease; it can be carried around for easy access to safe and clean drinking water. »
Self-adjustable Glasses
Adjustable eyeglasses allow the recipient to correct their own vision. This addresses the lack of trained optometrists who are able to prescribe properly corrected eyeglasses »
N-computing
NComputing drastically reduces the cost of computing by allowing multiple people to simultaneously share a single computer »
Q-drum
In disadvantaged and rural communities, the burden of fetching water over long distances by cumbersome means is all too evident. The Q Drum is the simple, durable, solution to this problem »
Barefoot Firefly 5
The Firefly 5 is a LED lamp that can be charged with the sun via a solar panel. It is 3 times brighter than a kerosene lamp and provides light for 6 hours on a high setting and 35 hours on a low setting. »
Freedom Toaster
The Freedom Toaster is a unique piece of technology in the form of a terminal or kiosk, which allows users to burn almost anything digital onto a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive »
Ingrisi.com
Online English language learning courses currently designed for speakers of Sinhala, Tamil, Hindi, Arabic, Mandarin and Italian. The courses can be customized into any other language within 8 weeks. »
K-light
A very bright solar-powered lantern that can also charge your mobile phone. »
Solar lantern
A solar lantern that's twice as bright as a kerosene lantern. »
Solar ear
The solar ear is a digital hearing aid with rechargeable hearing aid battery and solar battery recharger. »
Open-Source & DIY Technologies:
Solar Cooker »
Build a Solar cooker with locally available materials
Water Purification »
Purify water using a ceramic pot
Emerging Technologies:
Bamboo bike »
Earth Institute, Columbia University
ROSS »
Water transport and purification device