Africa
- AMD Personal Internet Communicator
- Bamboo Treadle Pump
- Big Boda load-carrying bicycle
- Ceramic Water Filter
- Domed Pit Latrine Slab kit
- Drip Irrigation System
- Internet Village Motoman Network
- Jaipur foot and below-knee prosthesis
- Kenya Ceramic Jiko
- Kinkajou Microfilm Projector and Portable Library
- LifeStraw
- One Laptop per Child
- MoneyMaker Block Press
- MoneyMaker Hip Pump
- Pot-in-Pot cooler
- PermaNet
- Q Drum
- Solar Home Lighting System
- Solar Aid
- StarSight
- Sugarcane charcoal
- Super MoneyMaker Pump
- Water Storage System
- WorldBike prototype
Solar Aid
Approximately 10% of the world population has a disabling hearing impairment, and 80% of them live in developing countries. The most expensive part of a hearing aid is the battery, which needs to be continually replaced. The Solar Aid solar-powered hearing-aid battery recharger, developed in Botswana, helps those with hearing disabilities afford to continue in school and participate in economy activity. More than 7,000 units are in use in South America, Central America, Africa, and Asia. And because batteries are generally expensive everywhere, Godisa intends to make this affordable technology widely available not just in the developing countries but also in the United States and Europe.
- Designer/Manufacturer: Godisa Technologies
- Botswana, 2003
- UV-resistant ABS plastic, 680-ohm resistor, 10-kilo-ohm resistor, 100-ohm resistor, transistor, diode, LED, batteries, solar panel, rubber, screws
- Dimensions: 4.5”h x 1”w x 3”d (charger)
- In use in: Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Israel, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Palestine, Paraguay, Philippines, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
