Infinite Light is an infrastructure-free lantern that can be assembled anywhere. Even as countries like India race to stretch the power grid to rural areas, well over a billion people around the world ...

Pupils at Anajali primary school in Nairobi’s Kibera slum study with the aid of solar bottle lights in their classrooms. TRF/Pius Sawa As climate 'tipping points' near, scientists plan for the ...

The marketplace is pretty well served when it comes to clever hydration systems, such as H2OPal, Sippo, Hidrate the Thermos Smart Lid and more. Many of them have some form of hydration reporting ...

Good design can save lives and improve human society. That’s the thought behind the Solar Bottle by Italian designers Alberto Medo and Francisco Gomez Paz. Winner of a 2007 INDEX award, the sleekly ...

A simple, versatile light powered by the sun, the Chilean-born Suli brings light to everyone from outdoor lovers to those living off the electrical grid. It meets that diversity of needs by screwing ...

Solar lights are a popular garden decoration. Of course, they’re available cheaply from most hardware and garden stores, but if you’re more of the DIY type, you might like to build your own.

Water purification is generally an energy-intensive, wasteful operation, but designers Alberto Medo and Francisco Gomez Paz have done a neat end-run around those problems with their Solar Bottle, a ...