The BHN Association, a UNESCO Japanese partner, seeing the positive changes being brought about by the programme, donated over 100 solar battery-powered radio receivers to the indigenous communities in May 2010.

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LEDs be laid down, but also tiny solar panels and antennae that convert radio waves into electrical energy.

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As with our Lifeplayer MP3, it encapsulates known technologies (solar, battery, audio, radio, MP3) in products that are developed to meet the unique challenges of the environments and social contexts of their use.

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"We have explored various methods, ranging from radio frequency energy harvesting to solar power, " he told BBC News.

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Also of note are touches that have trickled down from luxury car atmospheres like Bluetooth, heated front seats, solar glass, foglights, keyless entry and satellite radio, all included as standard.

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By unleashing a massive pulse of electromagnetic radiation sweeping over the planet, a severe solar storm could potentially knock out the electric power grid, silence radio and satellite communications and disrupt GPS navigation systems.

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President Obama announced in his weekly radio address Recovery Act conditional loan guarantee commitments to two solar companies to fund three major new solar projects in Arizona, Colorado and Indiana that will create thousands of new jobs.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Sledge described the operation generously: the rooms teeming to the scrolled plaster ceilings with bud-heavy green stalks, the floor cabled with sprinklers, the walls lined with foil reflectors to maximize the ripening effects of the solar-spectrum lamps, the stereo chattering NPR talk radio to cover the drone of the daytime light banks, and classical music to give the plants a cultural heritage through the cool damp night.

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