FYI:1. There is an opportunity to develop hundreds of
quality and low-cost products that would create hundreds of thousands of jobs and improve the lives of billions of people.
2. “STEM” education refers to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
3. In a major disaster or emergency situation, lack of electrical power and clean water become life-threatening and destabilizing challenges.
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That anyone can find quality-of-life products they need at an affordable price… or learn how to make them.
Designfluence: Vision:
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To connect, collaborate, educate and celebrate with everyone involved in the design, development and delivery of radically-affordable products for themselves or others.
Designfluence: Mission:
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To fulfill our mission using a high-visibility program that also benefits the local communities in which we operate.
Designfluence: Opportunity:
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The Mobile Emergency Energy Education Experiment (ME4) integrates four goals on one dual-purpose platform:
Designfluence: Project ME4:
Project ME4 Goals:1. Eradicating poverty with effective and
affordable products.
2. Closing education gaps by teaching STEM principles and design thinking with a hands-on approach.
3. Providing clean emergency power and water.
4. Creating revenue streams to sustain our social enterprise and spin off for-profit units.
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Mobile Emergency Energy Education ExperimentThis pilot project combines experiential education, emergency preparedness, and poverty eradication in one integrated system.
We are about to launch our first fundraising effort through Start Some Good, a peer-to-peer funding service similar to Kickstarter and others.
Thanks to those who are already supporting us!
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Mobile Emergency Energy Education Experiment
ME4Learning and Doing on the Move!
THIS IS A MOBILE SOLAR GENERATOR.10
IT’S LIKE A DIESEL GENERATOR, BUT WITHOUT THE NOISE OR MAINTENANCE OR THE STINKY FUMES!
• This solar trailer is a complete electric power generator with a 2.5kW solar PV array, DC-AC inverters (7.2kW) and storage batteries (31kWH).
• This unit recently powered a water desalination and purification system that serves 5,000 people a day.
• It can be towed to a site to power all kinds of stuff…
INVERTERS BATTERIES STORAGE
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The truck and trailer are a comprehensiveemergency-response, energy-generation and communications platform.
• We’re working on converting our truck to run on veggie oil as a dual-fuel vehicle.
• We will add a backup propane generator, a compact water desalination-purification unit (seen in photo above), LED lighting, a refrigeration unit, tools, etc.
• We’ll add an awning for shade, a wind generator,
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HELP US BRING THIS SOLUTION TO REALIZATION.TEACHING TRAILERS!
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TABLES HERE
COMPUTERSTOOLS
STORAGE
AN AWNING AND LIGHTING ALONG HERE
WIND MAST
UP HERE
A MOVIE SCREEN HERE
Problem:
Disaster agencies want these kind of systems, but can’t justify the cost of them if stored or parked just waiting around for The Big Emergency.
The solution is to find a good use for the system in the meantime.
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Solution:
The “good use” we propose for the system is using it as a mobile classroom on a daily basis, bringing learning resources to underserved communities and remote areas. This activity also maintains the system for emergency readiness.
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• In our classes, students learn hands-on skills, infused with STEM education. STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
• With these skills they make products and learn how theory, components and systems work together.
• There are a number of potential sponsors and organizations supporting and promoting STEM education:
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• One product we can make is a solar lantern, which teaches basic electricity and the technologies of LED lighting, solar cells, and batteries. Hands-on courses teach problem-solving skills and design thinking.
• The solar-LED lantern also represents a very practical product with great value to many developing countries. And we can train more trainers to make these products.
• Other products that fit our model include (but are not limited to) a field microscope, a 100W compact spin generator, solar cookers, wheelchairs, eyeglasses,
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• The lanterns and other products we make will be collected, tested, and sent to East Africa by Gabriel and his network of Lost Boys and contacts in Sudan, Uganda and Kenya as part of our Way To Go! project.
• Gabriel will also coordinate similar training for Lost Boys and others to seed enterprise and the Maker spirit in Southern Sudan.
• We have just added advisors to Afghanistan and El Salvador!
GABRIEL AKIM NYOKONE OF THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN
SUDAN TEAM LEADER
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• It’s good for the environment, because it quietly generates clean solar energy.
• It’s great for teaching about technology, because so much cleantech is embedded in the assembled system.
• It’s green, clean, and sustainable.
• It’s a good potential revenue source for Designfluence to sustain its mission and expand its usefulness.
ME4 What are the benefits?
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• It’s valuable for disaster-response agencies since it reliably produces and stores solar electric power and purified water, and serves as a communications station.
• It’s flexible because it can go anywhere and perform many functions and services.
• The truck and trailer can perform together or separately in response and recovery missions…
ME4 Why is this valuable?
THE SYSTEM WILL DEPLOY TO A DESIGNATED EMERGENCY LOCATION TO PROVIDE POWER & WATERSO WHEN THAT EMERGENCY HAPPENS… WE’RE READY!
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• We are partners with the TechShop™ for product development using their resources and to contribute to our hands-on, STEM-based classes for kids.
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• We’re working with Civic Solar to develop curricula for hands-on skills to complement their online solar PV classes.
• Skyline College has a great solar training program, and San Jose State is a resource for both design and emergency response.
• And we’re in talks with other organizations who want to use and further develop our mobile teaching system.
• Our combined solar/water/wind/veggie diesel/emergency-response mobile system is not currently available elsewhere!
• We believe this teaching trailer can demonstrate many concepts and products on one platform. It particularly illustrates efficient use of resources.
• The system will also be available for special events, movie nights, product demonstrations, and disaster training exercises.
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Our Core Team:• David Alan Foster
Executive Director
• Frank Ingle, PhDScience/Strategic Advisor
• Eckhart BeattyNetworker, Writer, Reporter
• In-country Advisors: Gabriel Nyok; Dr. Ahmad Zamani; Juan Velasco
• NGO Partners: Afghan Care, Programma Velasco
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Mobile (it can be moved/deployed anywhere)
Emergency (designed for disaster response)
Energy (it harvests energy from our Sun)
Education (it can be used to teach and train)
ME4 Please participate with us!
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Funding Goal: $27,000.
• Our “tipping point” is $7,000, at which point we get to keep that money and all funds raised beyond that point.
• The first $7K will be used to secure the solar trailer and pay operating costs for 3+ months.
• Funds raised beyond $7K will be used to continue operations, develop our course curriculum, and add equipment to the system.
ME4 We’re building a coalition!
a project of designfluence.org
for details, contact David Alan [email protected] 650.444.4787
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