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Energy Harnessing Soccer Ball Provides Electricity for Off-Grid Communities

1.5 billion people around the world live without consistent access to electricity. They rely on kerosene lamps, diesel generators and wood burning stoves for light and warmth.  According to Uncharted Play, a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to improving lives through play, these energy sources cause close to two million deaths per year and the fumes from a kerosene lamp […]

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Innovation – Not Soccer – Headlining FIFA World Cup 2022

In what began as a vision in its bid to FIFA to host the 2022 World Cup, Qatar’s promise of new cooling technologies, carbon-neutral facilities and man-made clouds is slowly becoming reality. Last summer, the Showcase (pictured below) was built to show to FIFA and the rest of the world that the warm climate of Qatar, […]

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