PORTABLE LIGHT
Portable Light
Back from Chicago… At WIRED Nextfest there were a lot of great projects. One of them, titled Portable Light by University of Michigan and KVA MATX is a series of prototypes which integrate flexible solar cells and super bright LEDs into portable and rechargable lighting solutions for developing countries. The long term goal is to integrate the technology directly into the textile, but for now they\’ve done a great job of incorporating off-the-shelf components into architectural and functional designs.
Community Power Bag
Portable Reading Stool
Portable Store Front
Portable Workshop
From the press release distributed at NextFest:
“By developing a new material medium for digital light, the Nomads project demonstrates the advantages of an energy-efficient textile lighting infrastructure”, said Sheilia Kennedy, Principal Investigator and Visiting Saarinen Professor at the University of Michigan. \”The prototypes produced by our research group are lightweight and easy to ship and transport. The designs offer the production economies of large run textile fabrication and lower installation expenses.”
Related: Power Unplugged