The Recycling Game
Playpumps revisited – appropriate technology?
Last week we posted an article on the PlayPump – which on the surface looks like a wonderful innovation to alleviate access to water. However, a recent research shows that in reality there are many problems with the design, questioning what is truly appropriate technology. In this video Ralph Borland gives a talk on ‘The problem with the PlayPump’ at IGNITE at the Science Gallery tent in Mindfield, at The Electric Picnic in September 2011. Read more for a longer version.
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TrashBack – Rewards for Rubbish
Playpumps – harnessing the power of play
Playpumps are a low tech solution to one of Africa’s greatest challenges – access to clean drinking water. This life changing invention, utilizes human power – harnessing the power of play to pump water. As children play on a specially designed merry-go-round, borehole water is pumped into and stored in a 2,500 litre tank, where it can be accessed when needed.
Piano Stairs by The Fun Theory
How do you get people to change their behavior for the better? Well, the guys at Fun Theory have the solution – they make it fun!
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