Plastic water bottles and bleach to create LIGHT

[tcofran]

A Brazilian mechanic has invented a way of lighting his house during the day without relying on electricity.

Alfredo Moser has been using plastic bottles filled up with water and a splash of bleach to illuminate dark rooms since 2002 and now the idea has now spread across the world.

It is predicted that his lighting system, which works using refraction of sunlight, will be fitted in over a million homes by the end of this year.

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[bwana]

They look more like coke bottles than water bottles to me.

 

[moose007]

These are only useful on houses without windows I imagine?

 

[scudsucker]

That's hardly "creating" light.

 

[rubytox]

I've seen this in someone's shed a while ago. It works like a charm.

 

[Compton_effect]

Probably one of the best low tech ideas out there.
I've been looking for a place to do this.

 

[Devill]

Brilliant.

 

[supersunbird]

Headline should be:

Plastic water bottles and bleach to spread light

 

[Compton_effect]

Headline should be:

Plastic water bottles and bleach to spread light

Sadly. That is how they've been posting this story since it broke. I blame television and Rupert Murcoch

 

[Fudzy]

Yeah, they create luminosity, it's the sun creating the light.

 

[2026]

A window would be just as effective.

 

[yebocan]

A window would be just as effective.

+1

...never knew bunkers were the in thing in Brazil....

 

[Sherbang]

Yeah, I remember reading about this about 10 years ago and thinking then, why not just open the curtains?

 

[JustAsk]

It been done for ages in Africa.Saw a doccie on BBC years ago.Hardly new

 

[Budza]

Very cool.

This'd sort my garage out...

What're the black tops for?

 

[Solarion]

So the sun has to be shining outside for this to work indoors?

 

[Budza]

So the sun has to be shining outside for this to work indoors?

I wonder how a full moon works...

 

[HapticSimian]

So the sun has to be shining outside for this to work indoors?

No. It's quantum.