This large, ugly gadget is the LifePlayer, and it could change folks’s lives. It is a solar-powered five-band radio and MP3 participant designed for use as a educating assist within the growing world. At present, the models are being examined in Rwanda the place the federal government has determined to modify the nation’s language from French to English. I do know — loopy, proper?
The LifePlayer could be run from both a detachable photo voltaic cell or by turning a hand-crank. It has 64GB to retailer academic supplies — on this case English classes — and content material could be added through a microSD card slot or by recording direct from the radio.
The system additionally performs one other key function: it could cost cellphones. That is important in growing international locations which have deployed mobile networks however have few energy shops.
You may’t purchase one however then it is not meant for you: an iPod Nano and a speaker can carry out the identical duties. However an enormous rugged radio that may run with out energy and time-shift radio broadcasts may most likely have a a lot larger affect than the OLPC within the international locations that want it.
Lifeplayer [Lifeline. Thanks, Meaghan]
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