The REAL Solar Light Bulb

[rodsky]

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Most of you have heard about the projects being done around the slum areas of the Philippines, wherein a plastic Coke or Sprite bottle is converted into a "light bulb". Everyone can see that this solution has one very obvious drawback--it won't work at night.

Enter NOKERO, the REAL solar light bulb:



‘World’s Only’ Solar-Powered Light-Bulb | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
(from WIRED) When I was a kid, a solar-powered lightbulb was a standing joke. A light powered by light? That’s like perpetual motion. Impossible! (I was pretty nerdy even back then). But with the wonders of modern technology, the same technology that brought us food-pills and jetpacks, the solar-powered lightbulb is here.

Made by Nokero, the lightbulb is claimed to be the “world’s only solar lightbulb”, although it seems to work a lot like the solar-powered lamps that my father has had in his garden for years. Designed for campers, the light has four solar-panels which charge the battery by day and five LEDs inside which glow for up to four-hours at night.

More info...

Solar light from Nokero - The Worlds Only Solar Light Bulb

Bringing solar light bulbs to the world - CNN.com

-RODION

[Palongkilang]

na a na ni ngari?

[MisterSuave]

naa mi silingan nga naay solar powered pathway lights. dili kaayo siya hayag pero at least wala gyud gasto sa kurente..

[solderingiron]

Steps nani padong sa nindot hehehe. Maau unta kung taas na ug standby time.

[KizoneC]

kaanindot ani nagka anam nata og ka solar energy ang gamit in the near future cguro atong mga cellphones dili na kinahanglan og i charge sa AC outlet solar na ta ani.

[yeeitsjc]

Though, the light of the solar light bulb isn't that strong compared to the ordinary light bulb this will still help us save a lot of electricity.

[observer]

Very practical technology. By the way, the nokero.com site has an application form for interested dealers.

[gabs]

naa man ni sa hardware. garden suga2x. naa sad ko ane hehehe!

mura sya mushroom nya saksakan nimo battery nga rechargeable. single LED ra ang light nya naay solar panel sa babaw.

pero wala pa jud nako nasuwayi buwad sa init. kay naa may daghang batteries og panagsa ra au nagamit.

[dbalagosa]

karon pako kita ani nga version nga gi pattern sa incandescent nga light bulb.hehehe sakto mo uban, mao ni siya naa sa mga solar garden lights. ako usually makita solar lights kana man 12V na battery sa truck, fluorescent nga light, then naa solar panel sa taas.

[brandnewbien]

it can light up upto 4 hours at night. hmmm. The battery will gradually loose its capacity to store power over time, so maybe after a year of usage its maximum capacity of usage after charging may drastically go down to 1-2 hours.

Marketing this would be easy here in Philippines should it cost 200-300 pesos more or less.

Nice find btw.