Empower Playgrounds, Inc. is a U. S. Registered 501(c)(3) company that is developing playground systems designed to extract a fraction of the energy children exert while at play and store it in a battery. 501(c is a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code ( listing 28 types of Non-profit organizations exempt from some federal A playground or play area is an area designed for Children to play, indoors or outdoors In electronics a battery is a combination of two or more Electrochemical cells which store chemical Energy which can be converted into electrical energy This energy can then be used to power lights or for other purposes. The primary application of this patent pending technology is in rural third-world settings. This article is about patents For the band Patent Pending see Patent Pending (band.
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Current Projects
A working prototype is has been installed at a school in Ghana. The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the The nonprofit organization is planning on installing six power playgrounds in 2008 near and around Accra, Ghana. In the Fall of 2008 Ben Markham is planing on turning over the oversight of the organization to a BYU graduate with an MPA. Currently there are 14 BYU interns working in Ghana. Empower playgrounds prefers BYU students.
History
Empower Playgrounds, Inc. was founded in March 2007. The initial idea was devised by Ben Markham. a retired chemical engineer former vice-president of engineering for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, while serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Accra, Ghana. In the field of Engineering, a chemical engineer is the profession in which one works principally in the Chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety The Exxon Mobil Corporation, or ExxonMobil, is an American oil and gas Corporation and a direct descendant of John D The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known Accra is the capital, and most populous city of Ghana. The city also doubles as the capital of the Greater The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the
Undergraduate students from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Brigham Young University developed the initial proof-of-concept prototype as a capstone project. Proof of concept is a short and/or incomplete realization (or synopsis) of a certain method or idea(s to demonstrate its feasibility or a demonstration in principle whose A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category 1
Collaborations
Numerous organizations are contributing to the development and implementation of this idea, including:
- The Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology and Masters in Public Administration Program at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah
- Brigham Young University - Idaho
- GMH Engineering, Inc.
- Miller & Carr Attorneys-at-Law
- Rocketship Engineering
Related Projects
External Links
- BYU Mechanical Engineering Capstone Project Page
- A commercial for Empower Playgrounds, Inc. designed by BYU student Ellis Elkins
- Empower Playgrounds Official Website
References
1 - BYU Mechanical Engineering (2007-04-11). The Ira A Fulton College of Engineering and Technology represents Brigham Young University 's engineering discipline and includes the following engineering departments The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. The PlayPump Water System uses the energy of children at play to operate a Water pump. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. "BYU Capstone Engineering Students Harness Kids' Energy". Press release. A news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded Communication directed at members of the News Retrieved on 2007-12-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican
2 - News article and video. Eaton, Nate (December 2007), “BYUI Student Project to Provide Electricity in Ghana Schools”, KIDK. com, <http://www.kidk.com/news/12487671.html>
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