Satire About Electricity
Many of us don’t consider electricity a luxury. There are many nights when I fall asleep with the lights on, unable to force myself to get out of bed. Besides, it’s nearly 4am – two more hours and I will have to be up anyways, so I’ll shut the light off then.
How It's Made: The SOCCKET
I’m also guilty of leaving the T.V. on, long after I’ve already lost interest in whatever program I was watching. I refuse to unplug my phone and laptop chargers from their sockets because it would be a hassle to plug them back in; I use electricity like how I breathe air – as if the world somehow generates an endless supply each day.
That’s before I found out that nearly 2 billion people around the world lack access to reliable electricity. 2 billion out
of 7 billion people in the world – that’s almost 1/3 of the entire population. Without access to electricity, a host of other problems can arise. Lower rates of education, increased rates of disease and a high trend of infant mortality are all correlated to the fact that clean power is limited in various countries around the world.
Luckily, Uncharted Play, Inc., a social good product design firm, along with the help of established non-profit organizations, may have found a way to make address some of these global issues.
Their products, such as the SOCCKET (a soccer ball that stores energy when you kick it), function as portable power sources. The SOCCKET works by harnessing kinetic energy from play and converting it into electrical energy that can be later used to power small appliances. In fact, 30 minutes of play can provide nearly 3 hours of LED light.
What originally began as a Kickstarter project, with an ultimate funding goal of $75,000, has now become a short-term solution (and a fun one at that), as well as a global mission and adventure. Every purchase made will also give one child access to the energy-generating products and a 5-part social invention curriculum that allows students to invent, build and think outside of the box. By doing so, underprivileged children around the world will finally get the opportunity to understand how to make use of available resources around them to solve issues.
Let us harness the power of play .
How It's Made: The SOCCKET
I’m also guilty of leaving the T.V. on, long after I’ve already lost interest in whatever program I was watching. I refuse to unplug my phone and laptop chargers from their sockets because it would be a hassle to plug them back in; I use electricity like how I breathe air – as if the world somehow generates an endless supply each day.
That’s before I found out that nearly 2 billion people around the world lack access to reliable electricity. 2 billion out
of 7 billion people in the world – that’s almost 1/3 of the entire population. Without access to electricity, a host of other problems can arise. Lower rates of education, increased rates of disease and a high trend of infant mortality are all correlated to the fact that clean power is limited in various countries around the world.
Luckily, Uncharted Play, Inc., a social good product design firm, along with the help of established non-profit organizations, may have found a way to make address some of these global issues.
Their products, such as the SOCCKET (a soccer ball that stores energy when you kick it), function as portable power sources. The SOCCKET works by harnessing kinetic energy from play and converting it into electrical energy that can be later used to power small appliances. In fact, 30 minutes of play can provide nearly 3 hours of LED light.
What originally began as a Kickstarter project, with an ultimate funding goal of $75,000, has now become a short-term solution (and a fun one at that), as well as a global mission and adventure. Every purchase made will also give one child access to the energy-generating products and a 5-part social invention curriculum that allows students to invent, build and think outside of the box. By doing so, underprivileged children around the world will finally get the opportunity to understand how to make use of available resources around them to solve issues.
Let us harness the power of play .