As millions of fans await the World Cup tournament, a group of Harvard alums has unveiled an ingenious soccer ball that can store energy generated by play! Dubbed the sOccket, this smart toy was invented with kids in developing nations in mind and lets them use the energy captured in the ball from playing an after school game of soccer to power their lamps at night when they get home!
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What a cool idea…lets’s hope a major sports company (i.e. Adidas, Nike, Raebok) will sponser it
this ball, used in conjunction with the benson mind-body institute http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/bhi/ could be used as a stress reducer for sick-stressed patients at mass gen hospital. It was invented by Harvard people anyway. if you use this idea; contribute $1.00 to the inventors so they can fund world class player balls for developing countries future athletes
Great! You see, there are soooo many ideas out there. Energy is everywhere. Did you know that there is another way to get energy when you are walking? A special floor convert every step in power. You could use this even in discotheques when people are dancing. Greetings from Project Lights Out! (You can find me in facebook.