Το Project Elpis παρέχει δωρεάν ηλιακή ηλεκτρική ενέργεια στους πρόσφυγες στη Ελλάδα για να φορτίσουν τα κινητά phones them and be online.
Despite the increased capabilities that a smartphone provides the issue of its lifespan battery είναι πάντα μια σκληρή πρόκληση. Ενώ τα τηλέφωνα oldestυ τύπου συχνά άντεχαν και μία ολόκληρη εβδομάδα σε κατάσταση αναμονής, τα smartphones συνήθως μπορούν να λειτουργήσουν για μία ημέρα με μία μόνο φόρτιση, λόγω των μεγάλων οθονών και των κυτταρικών συνδέσεων.
Refugees in Greece, apart from all the other difficulties they have to deal with, have the problem of charging their devices, which help them to learn news and government decisions but also to be networked with their relatives. Opportunities to charge the devices are severely limited within the overcrowded camps.
Questions also cause information that some cafes have begun to charge fees for the privilege of charging a device. Still other refugees in their despair violate the lighting of the road lighting, risking electric shock and losing their lives.
Edinburgh University students, Alexander Angelopoulos and Samuel Kellerhals, in an attempt to solve the problem, began Project Elpis (Ελπίς) παρέχοντας δωρεάν ηλιακή ηλεκτρική ενέργεια. Με τη βοήθεια διαφόρων εταιρειών έχουν ήδη κατασκευάσει και εγκαταστήσει δύο ηλιακούς σταθμούς φόρτισης. Κάθε μονάδα παρέχει 12 plugthose that provide electricity using only the sun. The device is capable of serving up to 240 people per unit every day.
The two students hope to raise enough money through Indiegogo to build additional units. To date, 3.675 has been sourced for 4.000, which is required for four other charging stations.
They named this project as Elpis hoping to ensure that the communication line between those displaced by war and poverty with their relatives around the world remains open.
