LEDSafari: A low-cost-easy-to-make electric lamp for developing countries
Event details
| Date | 08.11.2013 |
| Hour | 12:20 › 13:30 |
| Speaker | Govinda Upadhyay, PhD Candiate EPFL/LESO-PB on a personal project |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
We have developed a low-cost and easy-to-make rechargeable LED lamp, which has potential to replace kerosene lamps in developing countries. The lamp costs USD 2 and is easy to assemble and repair at the village level. It runs on battery and can be charged using solar PV or a mobile phone charger.
We started this project in India where we trained 30 people, in 2011 and then the project was improved after the feedback. Our second pilot project was done in summer 2013, in Africa. We held three workshops in Kenya and one in Tanzania, training around 100 people, which include unemployed youth, women and school children.
We started this project in India where we trained 30 people, in 2011 and then the project was improved after the feedback. Our second pilot project was done in summer 2013, in Africa. We held three workshops in Kenya and one in Tanzania, training around 100 people, which include unemployed youth, women and school children.
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- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Barbara Smith