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Illac Diaz (R) and Siplicio Mondas inspect a solar light bottle installed by Philippine soldiers in a shanty town in Manila. With the help of some plastic bottles plus a social media campaign, Diaz is aiming to help a million poor people in a year.

Much of what we write about here at GeekMom is high tech gadgetry, so when I say 'solar' you might think of any number of modern solar powered electrical systems. What you probably didn't think about is the super low tech but incredibly brilliant solar bottle bulb developed by students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).