A Litre of Light
September 12, 2011 2:20 PM Subscribe
Illac Diaz created a sustainable project that uses plastic bottles, water, and chlorine to bring light to houses without electricity.
The Foundation he set up can be found here.
The Foundation he set up can be found here.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like this basically got covered a month or so back. -- cortex
you are not crazy
posted by nathancaswell at 2:22 PM on September 12, 2011
posted by nathancaswell at 2:22 PM on September 12, 2011
....am I crazy, or is this a double?....
The two aren't mutually exclusive....
posted by Floydd at 2:23 PM on September 12, 2011 [2 favorites]
The two aren't mutually exclusive....
posted by Floydd at 2:23 PM on September 12, 2011 [2 favorites]
EmpressCallipygos writes "...am I crazy, or is this a double?...."
Previously.
posted by Mitheral at 2:23 PM on September 12, 2011
Previously.
posted by Mitheral at 2:23 PM on September 12, 2011
A double-bulb fixture, surely.
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:26 PM on September 12, 2011
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:26 PM on September 12, 2011
Maybe we could do that thread again without the derail?
posted by bleep at 2:37 PM on September 12, 2011
posted by bleep at 2:37 PM on September 12, 2011
....am I crazy, or is this a double?....
But I just may be the lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
*piano solo*
posted by GuyZero at 2:42 PM on September 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
But I just may be the lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
*piano solo*
posted by GuyZero at 2:42 PM on September 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
uses plastic bottles, water, and chlorine to bring light to houses without electricity.
Ahem. PROVIDED THE SUN IS SHINING.
Sorry, but the headlines for this story drove me nuts when it came out. Everywhere it turned up the hook was the unsubtle suggestion that it was some kind of scientific breakthrough for light generation rather than a clever, effectively free and nobody's going to steal it skylight.
It's a great idea, well done but when the reader's first reaction to the details after having been hooked is to be crestfallen, then the hook is running counter to purpose.
posted by George_Spiggott at 2:47 PM on September 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ahem. PROVIDED THE SUN IS SHINING.
Sorry, but the headlines for this story drove me nuts when it came out. Everywhere it turned up the hook was the unsubtle suggestion that it was some kind of scientific breakthrough for light generation rather than a clever, effectively free and nobody's going to steal it skylight.
It's a great idea, well done but when the reader's first reaction to the details after having been hooked is to be crestfallen, then the hook is running counter to purpose.
posted by George_Spiggott at 2:47 PM on September 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
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posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:22 PM on September 12, 2011