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Old 06-21-2013, 03:42 PM
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Fascinating solution to provide light in developing nations. What's old is new again. Not unlike winding the grandfather clock. Provides a 1/2 hour of light per cycle.

A $5 Light for the Developing World



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Fascinating solution to provide light in developing nations. What's old is new again. Not unlike winding the grandfather clock. Provides a 1/2 hour of light per cycle.

A $5 Light for the Developing World

That is cool. I would invest in that company.
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Neat idea. I like it.
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I would invest because it would be the first company that wasn't full of $h!t.

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