Activity Description: The first hand-powered radio was introduced almost a decade ago by Freeplay. The company now offers a wide variety of hand-powered radios and lights, as well as a mobile phone charger. The last is particularly relevant, given the increasing number of rural areas that are being covered by cell phone networks but have no easy access to electricity to take advantage of them. Freeplay has also invented a foot-powered portable energy source which delivers enough power to jump start an automobile battery, and with a 40W maximum capacity, is capable of powering a wide array of instruments and accessories - including laptops. By quickly providing access to electricity off-grid, the distributed source of power generation has the potential to overcome one of the major obstacles that has thus far prevented efforts to erase the digital divide in rural areas. Finally, Freeplay is also developing four pieces of standard neonatal-care medical equipment to better suit developing country environments. The portable hand-powered devices include: a pulse oximeter to measure levels of oxygen in the blood, a syringe driver for delivering small amounts of fluid and drugs in tightly timed doses, a microcentrifuge, and a hand-held fetal heart monitor.