Solar Power Relief for Haiti
Lamps powered by photovoltaics can bring light--and safety--to the ravaged country.
Kevin Bullis 01/22/2010
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A nonprofit called EarthSpark International, which has been trying to improve conditions in poor countries with clean, renewable energy, is organizing a campaign to distribute 20,000 solar-powered lamps in Port-au-Prince. People can help pay for the lamps by donating here.
The lamps, in addition to lighting up neighborhoods and improving public safety, could help reduce pollution from the charcoal and kerosene used for lighting now. Some of the lamps can also recharge mobile phones.
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Direct Control Active Systems (DCas)
Dear TR
Dear President Obama who recently commanded MIT to solve Energy issues.
We now witnessed the advancement of lighting in Haiti's relief. We must do more than this.
China has initiated using LED for road lighting, why America has not started this despite the biggest road network, the most advanced technological enterprises in the whole wide world?
Americans, you have to take leadership in making things direct, removing intermediaries, improving efficiency, expanding application to gain economy of scale. This is the only way you can maintain your position as world's leader.
Americans must leap frog ahead of China, by designing most appliances to run at low voltage Direct Current, so that you can tap weak energy source, such as wind, solar, waste heat, water flow to drive micro generators - this is much easier than making semiconductor, integrated circuits.
This has no limitation of physics, stringent demand for purity of wafer fabrication, etc. The technology is matured. You just need to have a breakthrough in ideas such as listed in Direct Control Active Systems (DCas).
This enable distributed power generations due to miniaturization, due to its ability to tap on low grade energy source, due to closest to the demand, minimal transmission/transforming up and down losses.
This is like moving from handful Mainframe to billions Notebook.
This is the more proactive approach, immensely bigger return, than making power grid smarter!
This is what President Obama can help to create new industries to catapult America ahead of the rest of the world.
This was how MIT, EE&CS, Athena Project. Silicon Valley, Route 128 overtook Akio Morita, Konosuke Matsushita, convert the hard time of Regan to joyful moments of Clinton.
Do aim higher, then America deserve the leadership, by leading the world charging forward.
Do integrate all wisdom, including here from Singapore, than divide a states that was united.
Detailed is filed as "Direct Control Active System" at Singapore Patent Office. This is not a sales pitch, but a sharing of wisdom to help the world away from civil crisis when energy, environment, economy tail spin.
Engineers take leadership in Leading the overcome of the most virulent crisis since the Great Depression.
Engineers move Away from inventing price models , fabrication non existing wealth.
Engineers, take leadership in Invention!
Solvere Lim Swee Keng
Solvere.blogspot.com
ideas@cts-ideas.com
Singapore
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bobleo9
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Re: Direct Control Active Systems (DCas)
Amen!
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