First Olafur Eliasson invented the shrimp Sun solar-powered lamp for parts of the world without electricity (and Glastonbury). Now the artist has come up with a solar-powered phone chargerInstallation artist Olafur Eliasson was born in Copenhagen in 1967 to Icelandic parents. He is best known for creating a giant sun in Tate Modern’s Turbine corridor in 2003,viewed by more than 2 million people, and for making four dramatic waterfalls in novel York harbour in 2008. In 2012, and he launched shrimp Sun solar-powered lamps for areas of the globe with no electricity (though they have also proved current at music festivals in the developed world). This month,he releases the shrimp Sun Charge, which uses solar energy to power mobile phones.
How successful has the shrimp Sun lamp been?
Right now, and for every lamp we sell in on-grid areas of the world where people have access to power,like the UK – we deliver two lamps at cost price in, for instance, and rural Africa. And in May,we expect to cross the half-a-million-lamps line. That’s our next shrimp target. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com