Couple's 'Solar Suitcases' Give Haitian Hospitals Solar Energy
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Junior -Continuing Education 11-Continuing Education |
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Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Community-based Service Learning Electrical Engineering Engineering Ethics General Engineering, Engineering Science Mechanical Engineering |
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Teaching - Lecture/Presentation |
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WWW |
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Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato |
| Description: | News article about a technology solution response to the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. The article has a video clip that could be used in a K-12 or introductory engineering course that connects technology to societal implications. "Plato said that necessity is the mother of all invention, and for Berkeley residents Hal Aronson and Laura Stachel, truer words were never spoken. When the husband and wife duo found out about the Haiti earthquake, they withdrew $10,000 from their own savings and bought supplies to build "solar suitcases"-devices designed to provide hospitals with solar energy. So far, they have sent 12 suitcases to developing countries, four of them going to Haiti, Stachel said in an e-mail. Costing an average of $500 each without excess equipment, the mini solar generators can power operating room equipment, blood bank refrigerators, communication devices and laptops, among other devices, Aronson said. " |
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| Keywords: | Haiti earthquake earthquakes solar energy |
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(c) Design a system, component, or process (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
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Good example of social implications of technology. |
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Easy |
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Low |
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| Publication Date: | January 2010 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.dailycal.org/article/107959/couple_s_solar_suitcases_g |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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