Technologies
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ONIL Cookstove
- The ONIL stove is safe, strong, inexpensive, and suited for traditional Guatemalan cooking, uses less wood.
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The KickStart Pump
- A low cost, foot-operated irrigation pump for Africa.
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FogQuest
- A fog collector made of an inexpensive, durable plastic mesh, collects enormous numbers of water droplets for villages and agriculture.
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The Lifeline Radio
- Wind-up and solar powered radios creates sustainable -battery free- access to information. People in Africa have access to the ambitious broadcast education projects.
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CellBazaar
- The CellBazaar is capitalizing on the proliferation of cell phones in Bangladesh and build an electronic marketplace.
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WITNESS
- The voices of civil rights defenders are still being silenced by government-controlled media, by the chaos of conflict, or by geographic and cultural isolation. Witness distributes VHS and digital cameras and makes video documentaries of serious abuses. They are published on their website.
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The Jaipur Foot
- The Jaipur foot is a lightweight, strong prosthetic, and has virtually the same range of movement and appearance as a human foot. The Jaipur foot is distributed free to patients.
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Electric-Free Refrigeration
- A refrigeration system that uses evaporation and local materials to keep produce from spoiling.
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Mor-Sand Filter
- Mor-sand filter is an integrated water filtration system that is easy to use and produces clean, safe drinking water.
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Solar Sailor
- The Solar Sailor seagoing vessels have a sail that harnesses abundant sea winds directly, while also serving as a solar panel to feed batteries in a hybrid diesel-electric engine.
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Fundacion Terram
- A bio-remediation system that uses seaweed to clean salmon wastes and feed the abalone.
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Barefoot College
- The Barefoot College teaches the practical skills that allow the rural poor to develop their own villages
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Adaptive Eyecare
- Low-cost glasses that can be tuned by the wearer with "adaptive lenses."


