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Pretty cool concept, i really like things like this. Small and incremental changes that improve the daily life of real people. We dont always have to go after

Pretty cool concept, i really like things like this. Small and incremental changes that improve the daily life of real people. We dont always have to go after huge problems with complicated sweeping changes that are hard to implement and use for the people that need help the most, sometimes just making a small improvement can make a larger impact on a persons life. I like how they didnt think the solution was to have universal plumbing in India, a mammoth task, which would cause huge disruption, be costly and difficult, instead carrying 3x - 5x more water capacity is a huge improvement in someones life that has to make journeys to a well every day. What other things can we do like this?

fallinghawks 12y ago
> We dont always have to go after huge problems with complicated sweeping changes that are hard to implement I heard a story on NPR about a month ago, about a company that had designed a soccer ball that stored energy from being played with, and could power a lamp. However, the design was poor and the balls fell apart within a month. And as it happens, the cost of providing the ball ($60) was the same as hooking up a house to the existing electrical grid. http://www.wnyc.org/story/impoverished-kids-love-the-soccer-ball-that-powers-a-lamp--until-it-breaks/ http://www.wnyc.org/story/impoverished-kids-love-the-soccer-...