The Soccket Ball: A Solution of Usable Energy

Most of us take electricity for granted. (Good luck reading this story without it.)

But 95 percent of the population in Africa lives with little to no access to it. In fact, more than 1.5 billion people -- one quarter of the world's population -- live in areas with no access to electricity. But a group of Harvard University students thought up an innovative answer to this problem. They developed the "sOccket" -- a soccer ball that creates usable energy from every kick.



Kids play soccer all the time and all over the world, but the majority of these children do not have homes with dependable electricity. Hence this "portable energy-harvesting device" which has a magnet inside that activates a capacitor when the ball is kicked. So the sOccket is part soccer ball, part portable generator, part community builder and part global health tool.

"We have seen the critical power issues faced by people in these areas every day," says sOccket co-founder Jessica O. Matthews, "as well as the happiness these same people experience whenever they play soccer. These were key in providing the foundation for the idea."



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