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by tome 5093 days ago
Where do they charge their phones? Are portable hand-powered generators common, like wind-up radios?
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ramabk 5093 days ago
http://www.viewchange.org/videos/kenyan-solution-for-chargin...
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pgeorgi 5093 days ago
video2text: They extend the light machine on bicycles with just enough circuitry to make it suitable as a charger.
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JonnieCache 5093 days ago
Hooking up a bicycle dynamo to charge your phone is a popular african hack: http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_win...
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slurgfest 5093 days ago
An unreliable grid, car batteries can also store off-grid power, fancy people have generators
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