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Sun in a bottle, and 3 simple ways to produce household energy
A growing list of social enterprises are finding ways to mass produce simple and sustainable lighting alternatives which are powered by natural resources from salt to water and rocks.
These innovations have the potential to permanently replace kerosene lamps, a fossil fuel linked to pollution and respiratory diseases, and batteries, which are costly and difficult to dispose.
Inspired by these recent initiatives, we’ve decided to profile four simple ideas with huge potential to solve one of the world’s biggest challenges: access to affordable energy.
Salt and water
Filipina scientist Aisa Mijeno hugged the headlines in November last year after United States president Barack Obama lauded her innovative “salt” lamp during a forum at the APEC Summit in Manila.
Her invention, a LED lamp that runs on saline solution, was a college project that has eventually earned her numerous awards across Asia.
Mijeno, who was also a
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Aisa Mijeno
Professor of engineering at De La Salle University—Lipa, the Philippines
Co-founder & CEO of SALt
AsianScientist (May 5, 2015) – Professor Aisa Mijeno is a professor of engineering at De La Salle University—Lipa in the Philippines. Together with her brother Ralph, she co-founded Sustainable Alternative Lighting (SALt), a social enterprise that is developing an LED lamp that runs on just table salt and water.
1. How would you summarize your research in a tweet (140 characters)?
Electrochemical LED lamp with saltwater as electrolyte that can charge low-power mobile devices.
2. Describe a completed research project that you are proudest of.
The completed research project that I am proudest of would be the electrochemical LED lamp that we are working to mass produce right now. I am proud of this research because it is not just a result of tedious experiments but also a product of life experiences—of living among the tribes in the mountain
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AsianScientist (Apr. 24, 2015) – Looking at the huvud business district of Manila, I find it easy to see the progress and its effects on the city–busy streets, construction of high rises, a consumer-driven economy highlighted bygd some of the world’s largest malls and a buzzing 24-hour culture driven largely bygd a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) boom. Over the past kvartet years, the country has experienced rapid economic growth of around 5-7 percent and its GDP will continue to flourish due to the continued nedstämdhet of oil prices; additionally, the Philippine stock exchange just recently closed at an all-time high.
Yet in the midst of this larger growth picture, it’s easy to forget that there are numerous areas in the Philippines where it becomes immediately apparent that it is still a developing nation. Multi-million dollar apartments are being sold just a few miles away from urban shanties and a good majority of the 7,107 islands still have no access to reliable