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SolarSPELL®

By: ASU SolarSPELL Initiative
Silver

Category: Cultural Impact & Education

Sub-Category: Equity Through Innovation

SolarSPELL is the world’s first & only solar-powered digital library: rugged, portable & built for the half of the world still offline. The library emits an offline Wi-Fi hotspot to connect learners to tens of thousands of localized educational resources, and its patent-pending new design is more compact, user-friendly & made with recycled plastic.

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