<p>A British company has developed new ‘incredible’ light bulbs which are powered by gravity, for free distribution to communities in India and Africa who do not have reliable access to electricity.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The ‘GravityLight’ uses a sack of sand to gradually pull a piece of rope through a dynamo mechanism which generates electricity to power an Light Emitting Diode (LED) light.<br /><br />Manufacturers claim a three-second pull on the rope to raise the sack will keep the LED bulb running for up to 30 minutes, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br /> The London-based design and innovation initiative deciwatt.org, designed the GravityLight as a sustainable solution for 1.5 billion people who rely on biomass fuels like kerosene for lighting, which can be hazardous to health.<br /><br />Deciwatt.org, a division within design company Therefore, said the trend for rapid advances in technology has made their product possible.<br /><br />The relatively simple devices progressively need less energy to run, making possible a whole range of relatively simple gadgets that can be powered by unconventional means.<br /><br />The GravityLight was co-invented by Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves, both directors at Therefore.<br /><br />“We’ve done a number of projects, including the Psion products - where the requirements were incredibly efficient in terms of power usage,” the paper quoted Riddiford as telling The Register.<br /><br />“The digital age has made products much power hungry but now there’s a reversal of that – everyone’s chasing lower power again,” he said.<br /><br />Deciwatt.org appealed for backing from crowd funding website indiegogo.com, and have already more than tripled their goal.<br /><br />With the USD 55,000 initially requested they had promised to fund the manufacture of 1,000 gravity-powered lights for free distribution to poor communities in Africa and India who do not have reliable access to electricity.<br /><br />Kerosene is responsible for thousands of deaths across the developing world every year, deciwatt.org says on the GravityLamp indiegogo page - and it can be expensive, the report said.<br /><br />“The World Bank estimates that, as a result, 780 million women and children inhale smoke which is equivalent to smoking 2 packets of cigarettes every day,” the page said. <br /></p>
<p>A British company has developed new ‘incredible’ light bulbs which are powered by gravity, for free distribution to communities in India and Africa who do not have reliable access to electricity.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The ‘GravityLight’ uses a sack of sand to gradually pull a piece of rope through a dynamo mechanism which generates electricity to power an Light Emitting Diode (LED) light.<br /><br />Manufacturers claim a three-second pull on the rope to raise the sack will keep the LED bulb running for up to 30 minutes, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br /> The London-based design and innovation initiative deciwatt.org, designed the GravityLight as a sustainable solution for 1.5 billion people who rely on biomass fuels like kerosene for lighting, which can be hazardous to health.<br /><br />Deciwatt.org, a division within design company Therefore, said the trend for rapid advances in technology has made their product possible.<br /><br />The relatively simple devices progressively need less energy to run, making possible a whole range of relatively simple gadgets that can be powered by unconventional means.<br /><br />The GravityLight was co-invented by Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves, both directors at Therefore.<br /><br />“We’ve done a number of projects, including the Psion products - where the requirements were incredibly efficient in terms of power usage,” the paper quoted Riddiford as telling The Register.<br /><br />“The digital age has made products much power hungry but now there’s a reversal of that – everyone’s chasing lower power again,” he said.<br /><br />Deciwatt.org appealed for backing from crowd funding website indiegogo.com, and have already more than tripled their goal.<br /><br />With the USD 55,000 initially requested they had promised to fund the manufacture of 1,000 gravity-powered lights for free distribution to poor communities in Africa and India who do not have reliable access to electricity.<br /><br />Kerosene is responsible for thousands of deaths across the developing world every year, deciwatt.org says on the GravityLamp indiegogo page - and it can be expensive, the report said.<br /><br />“The World Bank estimates that, as a result, 780 million women and children inhale smoke which is equivalent to smoking 2 packets of cigarettes every day,” the page said. <br /></p>