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Design for a Purpose: 10 Revolutionary Designs for a Better World

The Biolite HomeStove burns fuel, in the form of wood kindle and tinder, in a clean and efficient way.  It also includes a USB charging port.  This is important because in Africa alone, there are 500,000,000 active mobile phones, and by 2020, every single citizen of the continent is likely to own a mobile device. Including a USB charger, which feeds off of the heat this stove provides, makes this a revolutionary device for the developing world.

(via thecoolist)

….you want to power a whole continent? ok

O_o

Cool device. But um, isn’t most of the continent of Africa is just as modernized as the rest of the world?

I don’t think I like the implication that people living in the different African countries have to use twigs to power their cell phones. CELL PHONES. O_o

Right, like we’re savages or something?

I think people in Asia, Europe, Australia North and South America would want to use this too.

Just saying.

[The image is a small, steel half-cylinder with a smaller, plastic half-cylinder on the front.  It sits on three low-sloping legs.  ‘BioLite’ is written on the plastic part.  An iPhone is plugged into it, charging.  A pile of small twigs sit beside it.]

It would be handy in my neighborhood.  We have above-ground power lines and large, aging trees.  A big storm could put one of these on every porch for several days.  What a clever thing!  I love seeing people invent things that solve real problems, rather than creating “need” through advertising.  I wish I had that kind of ingenuity.  Engineers and designers are awesome.