Where is your "Soccket?!"

Do you daydream about inventions you would like to see happen but too scared to even delve into it?

I know I do, but the difference is I'm not scared. [Hunnie, if I was scared, I wouldn't even have this blog...and don't get me started on my ideas ;)...it's big baby!]


You have plans that could change the world. Not necessary for the aim of getting your name out there, but for the goal of making a GREAT IMPACT in the universe.

Nahhhh! Don't be confused (as to where I'm going with this). I'd like y'all to take in this story I came across while reading Oprah's online ....#thingymabob!

#AndNoI'mNotAnOprahFreak...Don'tEvenKnowHerLikeThat# 8-|

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                     Genius Idea: The Soccer Ball That Can Power a Lamp

      In 2010 Julia Silvermand and Jessica Matthews traveled halfway around the world, hoping to light

      up some of the more impoverished villages of South Africa and Nigeria by testing some soccer balls

      there. But not just any soccer balls: their Socckets, as they call them, house gyroscopic mechanisms

      that harness energy from the ball's motion. After being kicked around for 30 minutes, the balls can

      power a small LED lamp for three hours- long enough for a child whose home lacks electricity

      to do homework or read a book. Since most communities in Africa are crazy about soccer, the ball

      was a hit. "The kids thought it wad magic," Silverman says, "but I could also see the wheels turning

      in their heads. One boy came back with a drawing of a ball with windmills sticking out of it. They 

      wanted to be inventors, too."

      The idea of the Soccket dates to an undergraduate engineering class at Harvard. There, Silverman

      and Matthews...drew on their experiences abroad- Matthews's family is from Nigeria, and Silverman

      had worked in sub-Saharan Africa- to devise a technically simple idea that could make a huge differ-

      ence to the 1.4 billion people in the world living without electricity. The group knew that kerosene

      lamps emit dangerous fumes. While brainstorming alternatives, they thought of so-called shake 

      flashlights, which are powered by motion, not batteries. Soon they'd put one inside a hamster ball to

      demonstrate how the global mania for soccer might help bring light to the places that don't have it.

      After the term ended, Matthews and Silverman worked with a design firm to create a more realistic

      prototype, a dead ringer for an actual soccer ball, except for the small plug on the outside.

      In 2011, the duo quit their jobs...to focus on the Soccket...Matthews says "We want people to

      realize that making a difference doesn't have to be serious and boring. It can be as simple and fun

      as playing soccer."

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=d>                  ...                 :-b

I know what you are thinking. Finance is what's holding you back. Well if you have an idea that's phenomenal I bet no one would be stupid enough NOT to invest in such a gold-mine :-c . Plus, I'm all about making dreams come true. Pitch your idea to me ;) and we can strategize how to win with Dangote or whomeverz got the ...#HowDoIPutThis?!#... Cha-ching! b-)

So, what's it gonna be? Are you gonna remain a dream-killer 8-} ? A daydreamer 8-> ? Or a Go-getter <):) ?!