Filipino Siblings Invent Lamp That Runs On Water And Salt—And It Lasts For 8 Hours Straight

Mar 12, 2020 by apost team

Aisa Mijeno, Oscar Bryan Magtibay, and Ralph Mijeno are siblings from the Philippines who invented a lamp that can last eight hours just running on water and salt.

Realizing the lack of electricity in remote villages of their country, the siblings were motivated to address the issue and thus created SALt Lamp in 2015.

Aisa Mijeno is a college graduate with a degree in computer engineering. She is the one who originally had the idea of creating a lamp able to run on salt and water. Her brothers Oscar Bryan Magtibay and Ralph Mijeno were excited about the idea and offered her their support. According to her linkedin page, Aisa is currently working at De La Salle University in the Philippines as a member of the university's engineering faculty.

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The lamp invented by Aisa and her siblings can generate electricity from two tablespoons of salt and a glass of tap water. The Rappler reported that in addition to the water and salt, the lamp can also be powered by water that is naturally salty like ocean water. This lamp is considered an excellent alternative to candles as well as kerosene lamps used by Filipinos living in remote areas.

The SALt Lamp is non-flammable as well as significantly more environmentally sensitive than other lighting methods. It has been designed with a USB port so those who use it can easily charge their phones and more.

According to Good Times, Aisa and her brothers don't have any desire for their invention to compete with others who have invented alternate and sustainable light sources. Their goal is to provide support for all those who desire to promote using renewable energy. The siblings realize their invention could impact other businesses offering the same type of products such as those providing solar panels.

Their goal was to invent a lamp that would motivate those Filipinos living in rural communities to utilize the natural resources they have near them.

Aisa is a member of the Greenpeace organization in the Philippines. She tells people how her idea for inventing the lamp occurred when she was in Kalinga. The residents of this remote part of the Philippines are required every other day to walk for more than six hours for kerosene to make their lamps work.

With these people having easy access to her lamp's ingredients of salt and water, they won't need to walk for such long hours. They will no longer need to spend their money on kerosene.

SALt Lamp has been proven to be a game-changing invention. Aisa has received various awards from organizations in South Korea, Singapore, Japan, and the Philippines. She and her siblings are now working on a plan to mass-produce the lamp.

She is now in the process of completing all of the requirements necessary to obtain a grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the Philippines. In addition to this, they are working on a plan for the distribution of the lamps to the Philippines' island communities. This is being coordinated with non-government organizations.

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