creative minds caring for a better world - hahna alexander
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Hahna’s startup is bringing the ultimate mobile and renewable power supply to the market. Their first product is a power generating shoe insert that charges small portable electronics like cell phones on-the-go. Not just hardware but a complex design challenge.TRANSCRIPT
Explorers Festival November, 2013
powering the future, one step at a time.
Hahna Alexander Cto & Co-Founder, SolePower
Solepowertech.com
SolePower is a power-generating shoe insole for
charging portable electronics just by walking.
“You guys can invent technology that could – dare I say it? – change the world!”
“Develop hardware that solves a problem”.
Country % Pop. w/Electricity % Pop. w/Mobile
Kenya 18 69
Tanzania 15 50
zambia 19 63
“If there was one thing
you could do to improve
your household…what
would it be?”
Think, design, build, demo!
Innovation with software and hardware.
Powerful steps… 1. Create technology
that solves a problem.
2. Get a lot of feedback.
3. Don’t limit your applications.
4. Design, build, and demo.
5. Inspire others to do the same...
“You guys can invent technology that could – dare I say it? – change the world!”
- Bill nye (the science guy!) ME
Explorers Festival November, 2013
powering the future, one step at a time.
Hahna Alexander Cto & Co-Founder, SolePower
Solepowertech.com