14 DAY TRIAL // Most of the solar lamps greenheads would like to see folks using look nothing like the run-off-the-mill ones we are used to. Take this accordion-like lamp, for example.
According to Trend Hunter, the lamp was developed by designers Chen Rujia, Wang Yong, He Yuxiao, Zhang Hanyang and Xu Yangjie, and has even won a 2013 Red Dot Design Award.
It has solar panels at one of its ends, and the people who wish to use it in order to harvest sun energy and then use it to produce light need only push it through a hole in the wall.
The solar panels take care of absorbing whatever sun power comes their way, and convert it into light. Because the material the lamp is made of is translucent, the light has no trouble getting into the room.
To turn off the lamp, all one has to do is flatten it, the same source tells us.
As explained on Red Dot, “The external component contains solar panels that absorb and store energy. The internal component is the lamp shaft.”
Furthermore, “Pulling it open provides light, and closing it switches it off. The lamp is small enough to be carried conveniently, which means it can also be used at a table.”
According to its creators, the Sunshine Lamp is a reliable and eco-friendly alternative to the kerosene lamps people in poor areas of Africa and Asia currently use.