A new solar device has the potential to improve the lives of people living in impoverished areas, -- cut out wood burning, disinfect water, provide light to see and heat to cook.
Worldchanging.com reports:
"The satellite dish-shaped SolSource, developed by U.S.-based nonprofit One Earth Designs, is elegant in its simplicity. Reflective nomadic tent material, stretched across a bamboo frame, concentrates sunlight from a large area inward toward a focal point where the user can place a pot stand for cooking, a thermoelectric device for generating electricity (at a lower cost than a photovoltaic panel), a heat module for heating the home, a solar water disinfector for treating drinking water, or a thermal battery for cooking after dark. These interchangeable parts are each about the size of a laptop computer, and the main platform is easily folded and disassembled for portability." See full article.
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