The SOCCKET is a soccer ball with an internal mechanism that turns movement into stored energy that can be accessed through a built in jack. It’s marketed as a “FUNctional solution to real-world problems” – specifically the lack of access to reliable electricity and the negative side effects of using kerosene lanterns, diesel generators, and […]
It’s a soccer ball. It’s an electrical generator. It’s innovation and social entrepreneurship out to save the world. It’s everything that’s wrong with international development today. […]
My wife doesn’t like science fiction or fantasy movies – she finds the effort of suspending her disbelief too much to enjoy herself. I’m a little bit like this when it comes to writing project designs or annual plans – it’s just too much myth making for me to feel like it’s time well spent. […]
Nicholas Kristoff wrote in Thursday’s NYT op-ed that the $37 billion bill awaiting the President’s signature to fund the continued war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan is more evidence that our priorities are out of balance. “By the standards of history and cost-effectiveness, we are hugely overinvested in military tools and underinvested in education […]
by Aaron Ausland
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