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  Photo by Jennifer Foster

By: Ashley Grimes

Recently, a picture of a police officer giving winter boots to a barefoot homeless man in New York City went viral. The 25-year-old police officer had no idea that his picture was being taken, he bought the boots because he couldn’t imagine how cold that man must have been. The weather in New York is cold, really cold, right now.

Now the police officer keeps the receipt in his vest “to remind me that sometimes people have it worse.”

Flipkart

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It was indeed a joy to receive this little beauty. Very efficient and extremely energy friendly. It instantly got many people interested. Living where were are in Rural India with heavy powercuts. It's a blessing for all the lightless homes!

Source: Pradeep Mocherla via flipkart.com

Amazon

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Likes:

-4 power settings with the low setting providing up to 100 hours of light before recharging

-superior solar panel for faster charging

-luminosity of light on high. The 250 designation might refer to lumens. It is much brighter than our 200 lumen rated lantern.

-option to recharge through AC charger. We just happen to have a charger that works with this light, but we need to use an adapter.

Dislikes:

-connectors at both ends of solar panel look flimsy

-lamp is not waterproof

Flipkart

Technology used: 

D.Light S10 is brilliant! Unlike other competing products along similar-price-tag, its rugged construction gives you confidence that the product is shatter resistant, frosty glass ensures uniform light throughout the room. Fluorescent button is handy for switching on in dark. The product, although, does not seem to have a break circuit that prevents overcharging battery. Overall good value for money.

Source: Mohan via flipkart.com

  Photo by Lusse Cloutier

By: Ashley Grimes

We are excited to spread the word that d.light has reached a very important milestone: 10 million people to date have received d.light solar lights!

November 2012

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  Lower Manhattan Blackout Photo NY Magazine

By: Gordon Little

I live in New York, hardly a place that’s devoid of technology. However the recent extreme weather (Hurricane Sandy) in the US northeast knocked out power and heat to several million people for a number of days. Many thousands still are without power and access to basic necessities.

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