by ERICA ORANGE
Most of us take electricity for granted. (Good luck reading this story without it.) But 95 percent of the population in Africa lives with little to no access to it. In fact, more than 1.5 billion people — one quarter of the world’s population — live in areas with no access to electricity. But a group of Harvard University students thought up an innovative answer to this problem. They developed the “sOccket” — a soccer ball that creates usable energy from every kick.
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