And here is a last movie to give a short impression of the surroundings of Kamworks and the living circumstances of families in rural Cambodia. Also, the last part shows some user research, which we did a lot and helped us to find an appropriate solution in this totally different context.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
"MoonLight"/ "Ampoul Preahchan"
Officially, the project has been finished for a while... officially. Since our presentation end of July, we have still been busy with writing articles (e.g. for the BOP book of the university and for sponsors) and giving presentations (for sponsors). Doortje has been working on a range of new prototypes that will serve as demonstration pieces in different networks and projects.
Here are some more pictures of the last project phase in Cambodia:
Finally: At night in the workshop, excited about finishing the assembly of our very first prototype.
First test in a hut at night. Hard to capture the real effect with a camera, but: first enthusiastic reactions!
Some impressions from the extended user feedback sessions:
As many participants know us already from previous sessions, they dare to be very critical. Big relief: people are positively surprised and very motivated as they try out the lamp with the solar panel in their houses. Some families were even willing to buy the prototypes on the spot!
Kamworks indicated they would like to start producing the "MoonLights" as we called the product ("Ampoul Preahchan" in Khmer) as soon as possible. Hopefully this will happen! For more detailed information, please contact us!
We spent our last days in rainy Cambodia in rainy but beautiful Kampot instead of rainy Rattanakiri: Due to the weather, the roads to the North were too muddy and we had to return halfway... Some impressions from Kampot:
Women, working hard on the typical salt fields for very little money.
Rangers at Bokor Hill, a constantly foggy ghost village; a former recreation area for the French while colonization, later a refuge for the Khmer Rouge.
We collected so many pictures by now, that it is hard to choose... let us know if you are interested and want to know more about our project and/or our personal experiences in Cambodia. For now, a last one:
The "MoonLight" bringing Ana into trouble at Frankfurt airport...
Here are some more pictures of the last project phase in Cambodia:
Finally: At night in the workshop, excited about finishing the assembly of our very first prototype.
First test in a hut at night. Hard to capture the real effect with a camera, but: first enthusiastic reactions!
Some impressions from the extended user feedback sessions:
As many participants know us already from previous sessions, they dare to be very critical. Big relief: people are positively surprised and very motivated as they try out the lamp with the solar panel in their houses. Some families were even willing to buy the prototypes on the spot!
Kamworks indicated they would like to start producing the "MoonLights" as we called the product ("Ampoul Preahchan" in Khmer) as soon as possible. Hopefully this will happen! For more detailed information, please contact us!
We spent our last days in rainy Cambodia in rainy but beautiful Kampot instead of rainy Rattanakiri: Due to the weather, the roads to the North were too muddy and we had to return halfway... Some impressions from Kampot:
Women, working hard on the typical salt fields for very little money.
Rangers at Bokor Hill, a constantly foggy ghost village; a former recreation area for the French while colonization, later a refuge for the Khmer Rouge.We collected so many pictures by now, that it is hard to choose... let us know if you are interested and want to know more about our project and/or our personal experiences in Cambodia. For now, a last one:
The "MoonLight" bringing Ana into trouble at Frankfurt airport...
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