9 Disaster-Relief Inventions

The All Terrain Solar Trailer (ATST) The latest project by Michael and Kenny Ham (the guys behind ApocalypsEV, a compact all-terrain vehicle for the end of the world) helps victims of natural disasters stay connected, even during lengthy power outages. The All Terrain Solar Trailer (ATST) is a portable, solar-powered-generator station that can charge up to 100 phones at once using both batteries and the sun. Designed to be towed behind the brothers' ApocalypsEV ATVs, which also run on a combo of battery and solar energy, the ATSTs would be able to reach places where infrastructure has been destroyed. Each trailer will come equipped with either four or eight batteries, providing 1200 to 2400 watts of solar charge, and feature 100 outlets: 50 of them regular 110-volt outlets and the others a combination of USB, iPhone, and lesser-used connections. "We also plan to give these trailers a grid-tie ability that will allow them to pay for themselves over time by lowering the electric bill of any organization that uses them," Kenny Ham says.

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