Today’s Solutions: December 18, 2025

Our homes are full of devices that require electricity to stay active. Your television is on standby; your remote requires batteries. Together these devices consume a lot of power. Batteries need to be recharged—until they are discarded—or replaced. This startup wants to replace the batteries with a solar driven system that only needs a little bit of light to keep powering the devices. “Light Energy” is a device that lasts more than 75 years and can prevent tons of waste.

 

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