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Beautifully simple design: The plastic bottle lightCut a hole in a developing world roof big enough for a plastic soda bottle to fit snugly into. Fill a bottle with water and a little bleach and set it halfway into the hole cap side up. Voila, you now have a daytime light bulb. The sunshine is diffused by the water in the bottle and kicks off the light equivalent to a 50 watt bulb that costs nothing to run. See how it works.

Beautifully simple design: The plastic bottle light
Cut a hole in a developing world roof big enough for a plastic soda bottle to fit snugly into. Fill a bottle with water and a little bleach and set it halfway into the hole cap side up. Voila, you now have a daytime light bulb. The sunshine is diffused by the water in the bottle and kicks off the light equivalent to a 50 watt bulb that costs nothing to run. See how it works.

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    original designer, Illac Diaz, has...educate and raise funds for his project. Check
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    Beautifully simple design: The plastic bottle light Cut a hole in a developing world roof big enough for a plastic soda...
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    Doing this to my future home.
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    This is pretty cool.
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    Amazing
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