The Portable Light unit is a light-emitting textile that can be adapted by different cultures and customized as a result of its open source integration model.
Primary Function: To enable the world's poorest people to create and own energy harvesting textiles, providing the benefits of renewable power as an integral part of everyday life.
Targeted Beneficiaries: Individuals with lack of access to reliable electricity.
Need Addressed: Lack of reliable electricity and/or
Uniqueness: This unit provides bright, white light to read and generates electrical power to charge cell phones and other small devices through nanotechnology. Portable Light maximizes its efficiency through digital communication protocols between linked units.
Dimensions: Varies
User Requirements: Sunlight for charging light
Resources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjGSI_3pUCs
Approximate Cost: Not Listed
Geographic Coverage: South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Haiti, Kenya
Distributor: The Portable Light Project, an initiative established by KVA MATx (Kennedy & Violich Architecture, Ltd.)
Primary Contacts: http://www.portablelight.org/contact, info@kvarch.net
Languages Spoken: English
Phone Number: (617) 442-0800
Physical Address: 10 Farnham Street, Boston, MA 02119 USA
Website: http://www.portablelight.org/
Other Information and Links: http://www.kvarch.net/projects/97
The Portable Light unit is a light-emitting textile that can be adapted by different cultures and customized as a result of its open source integration model.
