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Portable Solar Power Kits for Africa: Now in the U.S., via Kickstarter [VIDEO]

There's a widespread informal energy market in Africa. Electricity sockets can be difficult to find and people walk (sometimes far distances) to charge their cellphones with diesel generators. San Francisco-based company Fenix International developed the ReadySet Solar Kit three years ago to help solve Africans' energy problems -- and now they're trying to bring it to the U.S. by using a Kickstarter campaign. "The Fenix ReadySet is an intelligent battery system that can be charged from solar, electric grid, and even a bicycle generator to charge mobile phones, tablets,...

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Published By: Mashable - Thursday, 19 July, 2012

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