If you know of more cases, please comment on this blog entry or e-mail me at tmccaffrey@juno.com.
Solar Suitcase
This suitcase-sized solar device stores enough energy to operate lights and surgical equipment. Given unreliable power sources, patients in surgery are in danger of dying because the electricity goes out unpredictably--if there is any electricity to begin with.
This is just one of the uses for the Solar Suitcase.
http://www.wecaresolar.com/news
Shelter-in-a-Box
A ten-person tent, blankets, and cooking utensils--all in a box!
That's thinking "inside the box!" :)
http://www.shelterbox.org/
Here is a CNN video about their impact on Haiti.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/01/29/cnnheroes.henderson.salute.cnn?hpt=T1
