Portable Light
Designed for the developing world, the KVA MATx Portable Light is a flexible, solar-powered LED light. It charges in 5 hours over the day, and then provides 4 hours of 160-lumen light. It can be rolled up or folded, and weighs less than 8 ounces. By comparison, a standard 40 watt incandescent puts out about 480 lumens — so it’s not going to light up the whole yurt, but it’s better than an itty-bitty booklight.
Via the IHT’s Socially Responsible Design coverage, via Metafilter, where, predictably, they’re arguing whether the OLPC is sufficiently socially responsible to be included.
