Daniel Sheridan and invent and play while generating electricity

Energy generated from the playground can be used to illuminate classes in Africa thanks to the invention of the young British inventor Daniel Sheridan.

The seesaw game of African children

Daniel designed a seesaw that looked very simple, could generate enough electricity to light a classroom for hours. Energy is born when a child dangles a rocking up and down. This energy source will be transmitted to the electricity accumulation department and stored there until needed. Impressed by the idea of ​​design student, Conventry University and some businesses funded £ 5,500 for Daniel to realize his invention.

Inspiration came to Daniel while he was on a volunteer program to go to a school on Kenya's Wasimi Island last summer. Here, he helped build the classroom and participated in teaching children. 'Most of the children there like to play seesaw. The energy and the up and down movement of rocking made me think it would be great if I could take advantage of this energy , 'Daniel said. When he returned to England, Daniel began doing some research to create electricity through children's games with the help of experts and eventually came up with a design idea of ​​seesaw.

Daniel's rocking design

Daniel is known that many schools in Africa now offer night supplement classes for older people, but mostly lighting with candles and kerosene lamps.'The potential of this product is huge and can benefit many communities in Africa and other continents,' Daniel said. According to the calculation of this 23-year-old student, just playing seesaw for 5-10 minutes can generate enough electricity to light an evening class. Because the energy from seesaw can be stored, users can decide how to use electricity at their own discretion.

Currently, Daniel is in a village near the city of Jinja in Uganda to test and complete the first product. He dreamed of creating a playground with a variety of seesaws that could generate enough electricity to illuminate an entire village.