{"id":13371,"date":"2011-08-30T11:37:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T17:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=13371"},"modified":"2011-08-30T11:37:22","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T17:37:22","slug":"portable-solar-light-luminaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/portable-solar-light-luminaid\/","title":{"rendered":"LuminAID: The Cheap, Portable Solar Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LuminAID Solar Light\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uoHqnePsPd4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been on a bit of a solar-powered lighting kick over the past year or so: from <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/solar-powered-light-bulb\/\">solar light bulbs<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/micro-solar-systems-developing-world\/\">micro solar systems<\/a> for lighting and power to <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/cheap-solar-lights-soda-bottles\/\">2 liter soda bottles as solar light collectors<\/a>, we&#8217;ve seem many ways that inventors and designers have addressed the need for appropriate lighting technology in places where electric grids don&#8217;t exist.<\/p>\n<p>So, when I discovered the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.luminaidlab.com\">LuminAID<\/a>\u00a0today, I had to toss it into the discussion. The concept: cheap, portable, and transportable solar lighting.\u00a0Andrea Sreshta and Anna Stork&#8217;s concept (which started as a class project at Columbia University&#8217;s\u00a0School of Architecture, Planning &amp; Preservation) likely builds on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundancechannel.com\/sunfiltered\/2009\/12\/solar-charger-suntrica\/\">small, flexible solar collectors<\/a> that we see regularly now; it adds a LED bulb and inflatable &#8220;pillow&#8221;, which allows for diffusion of light.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s such a simple concept&#8230; but that&#8217;s why I could see this working for residents of the developing world (as well as campers and backpackers). Check out the video above that explains the LuminAID, and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/elmirabayrasli\/2011\/08\/15\/social-enterprise-spotlight-portable-solar-lighting\/\">Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been on a bit of a solar-powered lighting kick over the past year or so: from solar light bulbs to micro solar systems for lighting and power to 2&nbsp;[ &hellip; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":16825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,7],"tags":[214,5314,5315,5316],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Portable Solar Light: the LuminAID<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The LuminAID concept is a portable solar light for use in disaster zones or developing 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