astonishing solution to lighting issues in Slums/favelas in developing countries!

[320touring]

A really cool and effective reuse of plastic bottles to illuminate sheacks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOl4v...layer_embedded

[Rokeby]

Exquisite! This as about as perfect an example of appropriate technology
as I've seen in a long time.

"Appropriate technology is an ideological movement (and its manifestations)
originally articulated as "intermediate technology" by the economist Dr. Ernst
Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher in his influential work, Small is Beautiful.
Though the nuances of appropriate technology vary between fields and
applications, it is generally recognized as encompassing technological choice
and application that is small scale, labor intensive, energy efficient,
environmentally sound and locally controlled. Both Schumacher and many
modern-day proponents of appropriate technology also emphasize the
technology as people centered."


Appropriate Technology Collaborative
Journey to Forever.

[niky]

I've actually seen these. Amazing stuff.

[CigaR007]

Thanks for sharing. Truly simple and effective !

[lowglider]

Thanks for this link, it is ingenius in so many ways that I`m sure it will inspire more people to think with their own heads.

[jakobnev]

It's also a good example of why the focus in biodegradable materials is often misguided. When it can be done, it's better to make materials that last and keep them in use.

[gone-ot]

...good ole' redneck engineering of the highest caliber!

[MetroMPG]

Cool!

That's a really creative reinterpretation of the idea behind the old glass deck prisms that lit the inside of ships: