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African-Made, Solar-Powered Hearing Aid
Innovation through creating effective solutions using technology solutions that have existed in other contexts can have huge impacts. Appropriate technology solutions offer the opportunity for great gains for humanity.
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March 16th, 2006 at 8:43 am
[...] Additionally the opportunities to save lives and improve health in the world often do not require cutting edge science. It is often a matter of engineering effective solutions for hundreds of millions and billions of people living without what those in the wealthy take for granted [...]
July 15th, 2006 at 9:11 am
“It’s a simple idea. As children spin on a merry-go-round, water pumps from below the ground. It is stored in a tank just a few feet away, making a safe, plentiful supply of water available in the community…”
November 22nd, 2006 at 2:19 pm
I read about the solar powered hearing aids somewhere else, and they sound like a great
idea.
What wasn’t clear to me, was if these devices relied on large amounts of sunlight to
be effective (as one might expect in Botswana), or if they are commercially viable
anywhere?
Best wishes
Charlie
Aid to Hearing
October 12th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
“MIT researchers have discovered a hearing mechanism that fundamentally changes the current understanding of inner ear function. This new mechanism could help explain the ear’s remarkable ability to sense and discriminate sounds…”