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Old 09-26-2010, 12:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Solar Powered Bamboo Radio Designed to Save Madagascar Economy

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Bamboo is a favorite material among designers who focus on sustainability since it grows at an incredible pace. Solar cells are also a favorite, since it means gadgets can be freed from the electrical grid. The materials can be kept to a cost minimum, making starting up workshops for producing the radios a bit easier.
I loved this article. Hope they can start making this radio (Christmas gifts for the whole family, woot!). Now I'm thinking of all kinds of other electronics that can be made with bamboo and solar cells...
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Old 09-26-2010, 12:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Meh. Bamboo radio? Big deal.
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Sweet.

I'd like a clockwork one personally, for the Scottish climate.
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I hope there is some kind of metal shielding around the detector circuit, otherwise any wireless technology or nearby transmitters could interfere with it.

but ya - I want one
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I'd like a clockwork one personally, for the Scottish climate.
Looking to upgrade from coal-fired, then?
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