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5 Great OFF-GRID LIVING Inventions #4

2018-09-18
hello welcome to eco innovation my name is Michael Lally and I'm here to introduce our new power spout til girl product here it is it's a four jet hydro turbine this allows power generation at relatively low heads it's been designed to operate from 2 metres to 30 metres of head and generate up to 1.6 kilowatts which is quite sufficient to power a normal sized home obviously how much power it can produce depends on your hydro resource we have spent over a year developing the power spout Togo product and several weeks of testing it on our test facility full time we have done about 50 test simulations at various heads from 2 meters to 30 meters and output powers of a hundred watts to 1.6 kilowatts this information is then used on our website so that you can quickly determine what our products will do installed at your site we also include losses in pipes and losses in power cables so that our calculator will accurately predict output power if you ever need to service it you can then take you back to your workshop where you can step it down so as you can see it's a very simple robust and reliable product if it does need maintenance on the bearings that can be easily done the bearings are just tens of dollars to replace it comes with a two year warranty and he's going to power your house for the next ten years so if you've got a suitable stream now's the time to get on and do it so let's summarize the power spout to go product it's cost effective it arrives in a box fully assembled its dropship globally all over the world via our dealer network it's reliable it's easy to service it can work on grid or off grid if you do have a marginal stream and you still want to generate your own power you might be able to do that using solar photovoltaic panels in the summer and during the wet season you can complement the power that you generate using a hydro turbine the fact is over the last few years equipment for generating your own power has dropped to very low levels it can now be very cost effective to generate your own power from sunlight and hydro or a combination of those two it's time to stop talking about doing it and actually do it I've been doing it 20 years so I've put my money where my mouth is hi my name is Spencer Taylor co-founder of fennec in the summer we're not working we like to be outside whether it's camping glamping climbing fishing road trip hunt being on dit anytime you're out there keeping food fresh gonna be tough the cooler as most people's go-to solution but once the ice melts it's pretty much useless and direct exposure to water or Frost can reduce the shelf life and flavor of fruits and vegetables looking beyond the cooler your options are pretty limited you can set up a fridge at your campsite but they're heavy expensive and are going to require you to carry in a constant supply of fuel or plug it in or go to freeze-dried food wrap which let's be honest just isn't as tasty and fennec we've been working for the last four years to develop a lightweight low-cost food preservation system that never needs electricity or ice we call it the Yuma 60 L it weighs less than 5 pounds packs flat and is easy to take anywhere can be assembled in under 30 seconds and is powered exclusively by water or river water and in hot and dry conditions can preserve food at five days without needing a refill the secret is patent-pending smart fabric technology our team is inspired by humanity's first schooling system honed over ten million years of evolution sweating we've developed a smart material which mimics the properties of human skin called face tech the flexible walls are made of a sandwich of food safe plastic on the inside and phase tech on the outside water is stored in between the two and as water absorbs heat from the food it becomes vapor this vapor passes through the specialized pores in the face Tec taking heat and energy with it in hot and dry conditions the interior can be up to 35 degrees Fahrenheit or 20 degrees Celsius colder inside than the ambient air temperature around it this cooler temperature greatly extends the shelf life of perishable food Tomatoes kept inside can last up to five times longer than those left out in the open it's ideal for fruits and vegetables that are best kept in a stable room-temperature you can use it on extended trips living off-grid trying to reduce your carbon footprint or you just need a place to store some extra perishable food it has straps for easy carrying and can be stacked to save space everything from the truck to an extra room can be turned in and temperature stable storage you fennec was founded with the social mission at our core around 20% of the world does not have access to refrigeration this means that more than half of the fruits and vegetables grow in sub-saharan Africa spoiled before anyone can eat them not only does this reduce 3.3 billion tons of carbon in the atmosphere every year but it romantically impacts the incomes and habits of the rural families we've had versions in the field in North Africa for more than 30 years these studies have allowed us to refine iterate our design in that time our users have saved up to 10% of their income as a result of less trips to the market and less wasted food every year the world needs more and more energy but too much of its been coming from fossil fuel sources contributing to climate change we need to find a way to make affordable energy available for everyone without cooking the planet what if there were way we could not only do that but actually improve our atmosphere well it turns out we can and in fact we already have all power labs makes a biomass power generator or worse at the intersection of Agriculture and Industry it uses the byproducts of agriculture to generate power to enable industry the byproducts of the power generation are biochar which is a useful soil enhancer and it improves the soil performance in agriculture the total power and product cycle of doing that because we've returned carbon back to the soil as biochar is carbon negative while power labs is a mash-up of university trained engineers DIY fabricators renewable energy pioneers and experienced field operators for the last seven years we've been researching and innovating in this whole but largely forgotten art of turning organic material into a usable fuel justification is a process that breaks down organic material into an energy dense paper that we can combust and an engine in place of gasoline we can turn about a kilo of biomass or two pounds into one kilowatt hour of electricity where as little as ten cents compare that to almost 50 cents a kilowatt for all current diesel power communities around the world want and need to develop economically and to do that you need energy that can be done effectively the way generators work today you need to able to do high amperage energy for drills or husking things for milling for doing spot welding all kinds of things for which if you want to do that with solar or wind at small scale you will likely need a lot of battery capacity so you can build up a lot of current and do that small-scale generators run off of sustainably managed biomass provides a direct way to do it we have projects in over 30 countries around the world serving rural energy access operating schools medical clinics all kinds of different uses this is a 20 kilowatt power plant in a package small enough to fit in the back of a pickup truck if you have one of these and biomass you could have on-demand affordable renewable energy whenever you want introducing BioLite Basecamp complete cooking grilling and charging for groups hi I'm Jonathan and I'm Alec we're the founders of bio light and co-creators of our core technology found in the camp stove home stove and now in the base camp stove here's how it works the base camp converts heat from the fire into usable electricity via a thermoelectric generator housed within the orange power pack this power is a fan that blows air back into the burn chamber for improved combustion the surplus electricity is then sent to a USB port allowing you to charge your devices over the past year a brilliant team of engineers and designers have been working on this new product to deliver you a unique fun and most importantly high performance experience incorporating thoughtful feedback from our camp stove users we've made a series of updates and improvements that we can't wait to get out to you here's what the team's been up to we updated the power pack so that it generates five watts and the stores power we also built a smart dashboard that allows users to easily see how hot the fire is and how much electricity is being generated we increase the size of the cooktop to accommodate larger groups and we developed a dual purpose cooking surface with a OneTouch grill to boil ever transforming the flame to meet different cooking needs at the flip of a switch we added folding legs for adjustable cooking height and a bucket handle for easy portability and we're including a flexible USB light to aid in nighttime or low-light conditions it always helps to see what you're cooking we can learn a lot from our users in the outdoors and at home and through continued collaboration we become a better company with better products and we believe that together we can bring safe and reliable energy everywhere from all of us here at bio light thanks for helping us take our project from the lab and out into the world Burgie filters dot-com world leader in water purification the big berkey water filter clean drinking water it's life's most valuable resource in some areas the water is scarce or even next to undrinkable even in areas where clean drinking water is in abundance it often tastes bad or has an excess of chemicals store-bought water is costly to you in the environment and in an unexpected situation can your public water source always be trusted these are just a few of the reasons why pretty 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