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Ikea Gets in the Game

I had a double-take yesterday while walking the halls at Ikea.

Ikea-lamp
The poster said "Millions of children can't read, write or draw after Sunset.  For each SUNNAN solar cell powerd lamp you buy we donate one to UNICEF.".

Well, actually it's closer to "Hundreds of Millions", but who's counting?

Anyway, how nice to see this. The PV cell is encased in a (presumably) water-tight box along with the batteries, and just pops out of the base for charging.  The product generates a healthy pool of very uniform light - about 1 meter  in diameter at 1 meter from the source.

One can't know how good the product is until Ikea should put the product through the Lighting Africa testing paces. Let's hope they do this.

Posted October 3, 2011 by Evan Mills 
Apr 30, 2012
Mimi said...
Nice project from UNICEF. This lamp would be very helpful. Many children wanted to learn reading, especially those who can't afford to go to school. They may not have electricity at home.
Glad I've read this
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