creative minds caring for a better world - hahna alexander
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Hahna’s startup is bringing the ultimate mobile and renewable power supply to the market. Their first product is a power generating shoe insert that charges small portable electronics like cell phones on-the-go. Not just hardware but a complex design challenge.TRANSCRIPT
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Explorers Festival November, 2013
powering the future, one step at a time.
Hahna Alexander Cto & Co-Founder, SolePower
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Solepowertech.com
SolePower is a power-generating shoe insole for
charging portable electronics just by walking.
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“You guys can invent technology that could – dare I say it? – change the world!”
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“Develop hardware that solves a problem”.
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Country % Pop. w/Electricity % Pop. w/Mobile
Kenya 18 69
Tanzania 15 50
zambia 19 63
“If there was one thing
you could do to improve
your household…what
would it be?”
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Think, design, build, demo!
Innovation with software and hardware.
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Powerful steps… 1. Create technology
that solves a problem.
2. Get a lot of feedback.
3. Don’t limit your applications.
4. Design, build, and demo.
5. Inspire others to do the same...
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“You guys can invent technology that could – dare I say it? – change the world!”
- Bill nye (the science guy!) ME
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Explorers Festival November, 2013
powering the future, one step at a time.
Hahna Alexander Cto & Co-Founder, SolePower
Solepowertech.com