EwaNews » Technology http://www.ewanews.org Enterprise West Africa News Agency Thu, 01 May 2008 08:26:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en See-saw to power African schools http://www.ewanews.org/2008/03/24/see-saw-to-power-african-schools/ http://www.ewanews.org/2008/03/24/see-saw-to-power-african-schools/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:41:46 +0000 John Coster http://www.ewanews.org/2008/03/24/see-saw-to-power-african-schools/ A young inventor is hoping to tap the unbounded energy of children in a playground to power schools in Africa.

Design student Daniel Sheridan has created a simple see-saw which generates enough electricity to light a classroom.

The device works by transferring the power, created by a child moving up and down on it, to an electricity storage unit via an underground cable.

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