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on May 17
Camille van Gestel
commented on a projectHi Jim, Thanks for your comment. We currently use NiMh batteries. These have a self discharge time which increases as the capacity increases. We have just started testing this, but it will take several months to find out. We expect that it will take at least 3 months before it's empty. An hour in full sunlight will generate 4 hrs of reading light right away. We're looking into LiFePO4 batteries as well, which have much longer self discharge times, but this technology is still in infant stage. We'll keep you posted! warm wishes, Camille
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on May 16
Camille van Gestel
commented on a projectHi Matthew, thanks for your question We have been working on the software for quite some time together with our High Tech partner Intivation. The reason we wanted to have an external charge in the first place was since a 5V USB charger would be inefficient and would require larger battery capacity. This problem has now been solved by Intivation! so ... we can efficiently charge 5V directly through an USB connection. So in summary, we will not be making the external charger unit, instead we are preparing a new version of WakaWaka: "WakaWaka Mobile" (working title). This version will have a USB port which can charge virtually any cell phone. It will be iPhone 5 compatible! Only downside is that it takes a bit longer to arrive. We may need another 2 / 3 months before it´s ready. Major upside will be that we will offer this WakaWaka under the same Reward conditions ! So eventhough it´s basically a 2nd WakaWaka, we won´t charge anything extra for this! We very much hope you are happy with this development and only ask for slightly more patience. I´ll keep you posted! Warm wishes, Camille
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on May 15
Camille van Gestel
Posted project update #26WakaWaka in Production and in contest!
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on April 25
Camille van Gestel
commented on a projectHi Jon, you're so right. update in your mailbox. apologies for the delay!
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on April 25
Camille van Gestel
Posted project update #25End of Pre Production and lot's to tell
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Experiencing life to the fullest on April 25
Camille - Thank you for the wonderful update. I like the yellow packaging and its design.
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T. L. on April 27
Great job on designing the charging and usage diagrams! It's super clear how long you need to charge it, and how much time you have in each of the three modes.
Yellow is definitely more eye-catching and has a modern utilitarian feel to it. To me, gray-colored plastic feels cheap. Maybe it's because it looks like metal, but isn't.
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on April 17
Camille van Gestel
commented on a projectHi Ken and All, We have not sent out the WakaWaka's yet. I will be sending an update very soon! please bare with us. Warm wishes, Camille
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on April 15
Camille van Gestel
backed a project
Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android by Pebble Technology
Pebble is a customizable watch. Download new watchfaces, use sports and fitness apps, get notifications from your phone.
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10,266% funded $10,266,845 pledged
- 68,929 backers
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on March 25
Camille van Gestel
commented on a projectHi Ye'All, Thanks for your suggestion Jon. We want to find the right balance between updates and spam hehe. I could send updates every week actually... Soon we'll have the newsletter option ready on a new site we're making. And an update will be sent in about a weeks time! warm wishes, Camille
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on February 26
Camille van Gestel
Posted project update #24Today : LIVE interview on Facebook
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Today it's my please and honor to speak to you live! that is, if you have time and care to check in on our Facebook page. I will be answering your questions through a live video broadcast. You can can post questions in the chat box.
Login to : www.facebook.com/wakawakalight and click on Ustream (left hand side)You will get a 30 sec commercial (Ustream is freeware...) and than you should be able to see ... me...
Date: Sunday 26th Feb
Time: 4pm GMT (London) - 5pm CET (Amsterdam) - 7 pm (Nairobi) - 11am (New York) - 8am (Los Angeles) - 9.30pm (New Delhi) - 5am (Christchurch) - 3am (Vanuatu) - 1pm (Rio de Janeiro)I look forward to chatting with you! feel free to ask anything (as long as it's related to WakaWaka obviously...)
Enjoy your Sunday! and hope to hear from you!
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on February 22
Camille van Gestel
Posted project update #23Entering production phase... finally!
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Camille van Gestel
New York, NY
Camille van Gestel is one of the founders of Off-Grid Solutions, a company who creates workable, cool, feasible and affordable solutions for families who do not have electricity access. He is an enthusiastic entrepreneurial networker with a deg... view more
The BEST kickstarter project! Good job getting to production so quickly!