“Luci” brings power to the people, Saving $100-300 per year on kerosene costs and reducing CO2 emissions !!!

“Luci” Cheap and solar lantern upto 12 hours!!
 

Energy-poor families living on less than $1.25 per day can buy Luci for $10, saving $100-300 per year on kerosene costs and reducing CO2 emissions. MPOWERD™ Inc. has also launched a “buy one, get one” program. Photo: MPOWERD Inc.

Approximately 1.6 billion people lack access to electricity (the majority of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia) and another 1.5 billion have intermittent access to the electrical grid. 

MPOWERD™ Inc., a New York City benefit corporation (a for-purpose, rather than for-profit business model), wants to end energy poverty with its cheap, lightweight collapsible solar lantern, Luci. After charging the Luci lantern for 4-5 hours in the sun, the lantern provides a minimum of 8-12 hours of light. MPOWERD has distributed Lucis to households in Haiti’s central plateau and 15 other countries, recently launching a “buy one, get one” program that allows the energy rich to purchase a Luci and give another to a family in need.

Lighting up the night has education, health, public safety and economic benefits for the energy-poor. Children can study and adults work after the sun goes down, increasing opportunities for progress and income. Rape and violent crime decreased by 50 percent in Haitian slums and displaced person camps following installation of lights. The Luci would eliminate the health and environmental risks and costs associated with burning kerosene, wood or charcoal for light. Luci’s waterproof PVC enclosure contains 10 white LEDs and a rechargeable lithium polymer battery pack that can be charged while the lantern is collapsed or expanded. The 4.5-ounce Luci can be carried or hung from the ceiling to create 10 square feet of illumination.

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Say Goodbye to SATA,IDE get SSD

The SSD Angels(solid-state drives)

Transfer speed upto 100MB/s to 600MB/s depending on the disk.

Solid-state drives (SSDs) are becoming an increasingly popular choice for computer users who value the impressive speed, reliability and energy savings they provide. Although SSDs are likely to cost significantly more than hard disk drives (HDDs) on a per-gigabyte (GB) basis for the foreseeable future, a growing number of users are coming to the conclusion that the outstanding performance they provide is worth the extra cost, especially as prices fall and SSD technology continues to improve.

SSDs – which use NAND flash memory chips to store and retrieve data – allow computer systems to boot up, load applications and copy both large and small files dramatically faster than conventional HDDs. And because SSDs have no moving parts, they are much more energy-efficient and resistant to shock, vibration and accidental drops than HDDs – qualities that make them ideally suited for use in notebooks, tablet PCs, and other mobile devices.

SSD benchmark, showing about 230 MB/s reading speed (blue), 210 MB/s writing speed (red) and about 0.1 ms seek time (green), all independent from the accessed disk location.

As a result, gaming enthusiasts, corporate road warriors and other demanding PC users willing to pay a premium for higher performance are beginning to gravitate towards SSDs. PC makers are also fueling the shift towards SSDs by offering them as standard equipment in their latest ultra-slim and lightweight notebooks – including Samsung‟s Series 9, Sony‟s Vaio Z Series and Apple‟s MacBook Air – as a way to differentiate their performance.



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