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Illuminating Window-Less Houses With a Plastic Bottle

New submitter DancesWithWolves writes "The BBC reports on Alfredo Moser, who came up with a way of illuminating his house during the day without electricity — using nothing more than plastic bottles filled with water and a tiny bit of bleach. In the last two years his idea has spread throughout the world. It is expected to be in one million homes by early next year.'"

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  1. Secure, too... by Urban+Garlic · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're completely unhackable!.

    Soon they'll be mandatory in Enterprise deployments.

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  2. Re:Simple and zero energy cost by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Something tells me that bottles full of alcohol on a roof would not remain bottles full of alcohol for very long.

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  3. Re:Glass bottles by lxs · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what I hate about shanty towns. No food or running water but every shack has a hardwood floor and is filled with antique furniture. This morning there was a guy outside my office begging for a few coins so I told him: "I will buy you some drugs but I won't give you money. You'll only spend it on a Louis XV side table." You have to be tough with these people or they'll never learn.