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apirbhaiIEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Challenge – CSI Tutorial Presentations
Thank you to everyone who attended the tutorial on Sunday which covered the range of open-source projects by Community Solutions Initiative. Attendees provided excellent feedback and discussion that we appreciate. Below are the presentations in pdf format: CSI Introduction (by Dr. Robin Podmore) CSI LightCycle (by Dr. Robin Podmore) CSI Wind Turbine (By Dr. Henry Louie) CSI Solar … Read more
IEEE / Sirona Haiti Rural Electric Project Report
SUMMARY Between June and July of 2011 the Sirona Cares Foundation (SCF) and the Community Solutions Initiative (CSI) of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) deployed six pilot SunBlazer Solar based Battery Charging Stations and established six franchises designed to support the long term operation and maintenance of the units in the context … Read more
Light Cycle Videos
Today we bring you six (6!) new videos on the light cycle. They include: a basic demonstration of operation, a demonstration of a “light stick” LED flashlight, some metering options with the Light Cycle, and an explanation running the Light Cycle with a load. Thanks to Ron Parigoris for the build and Wayne Gutschow for the camerawork! … Read more
Chikuni, Zambia
On June 27th our group of five; Dr. Louie, Vincent Van Acker, Karim Farraj , Josh Peavler and Ayesha Pirbhai (me) left for our immersion trip to Zambia. After 11,660 miles we arrived in Lusaka. Lusaka is the capital of Zambia and about three hours away from Chikuni, which is where we built and tested … Read more
Day 8 (Saturday June 25, 2011)
Today was our last day of building the wind turbine! The two major tasks of today were the alternator and rotor assembly. All the main components are constructed only minor tasks such as drilling holes in various components was left to be done. There were about six students, Dr. Louie, Vincent Van Acker and Carmen … Read more
CSI – Light Cycle Demonstration
This is the new version of the light cycle built by Ron Parigoris. Check out the video below.
