When we press for more efficient, better made more reliable, smarter, more innovative lights, worth remembering who else could benefit. When I find myself thinking thinking 'what if it were the only light I had all of a sudden' --- I remember this stuff.
cool pics..
I must be a bad person because all I think about it how bright a dry triple would be during these photos..
I must admit it. I did think of the dry too…
I was thinking, how do I send them a box of last year's flashlights, each year.
And wondering if there are solar kits yet that can recharge batteries sufficiently to light up a room evenings and mornings.
lmao..high five!
I saw a National Geographic show about a tribe in New Guinia. They had a 2 D cell Maglite which they used at night hunting or walking back from another village in the dark. They would only turn it on for flash every couple of seconds so they could conserve batteries. It was the old incan light as well.
Made me think how a Good led would be a lot better for them.
The most striking thing for me is that, it seems, the flashlights belong to the photographer and not those unfortunate people.
Much more going on - a successful Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterdicampo/life-without-lights
and at the bottom of that page is a link to a solar-charger-and-flashlight as a reward for those who donated $50
"d.light design S250 solar light and phone charger (reward for $50 ...."
which actually looks interesting.
I bet it could be improved by flashaholics, though (grin).
Or -- hmmm, they're in San Francisco: http://www.forbes.com/impact-30/sam-goldman-ned-tozun.html
Maybe they're already here and drawing on the flashlight people's ideas.
Now I have the image stuck in my head of an entire tribe, genitals tied up with vines in the latest jungle fashion, all sporting the latest Zebralight headlamp.