April 18, 2008
Mouna Andraos is an artist and web designer who’s always been fascinated by street vendors since her childhood in Lebanon. She created a working portable generator that uses a crank and a solar cell to charge cell phones and laptops, and even run small appliances. Ada Lee Halofsky hit the New York City streets with Andraos to see Power Cart in action.
Hi:
What's the name of the song at the end of this segment: Power Cart ?
The Power Cart would be a useful item in the
developing world which lacks electricity infrastructure !
Thanks.
-a.a.
Soliton
Hi:
I figured it out: The song at the end of
"PowerCart is:
http://www.amazon.com/This-Life-Heres-My-Lady/dp/B000005RRV
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=You%27ve+Got+Possibilities&search_type=
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/matt_monro/youve_got_possibilities.html
-a.a.
Soliton Hedge Fund
Hi a.a. -- you got it! We used Linda Lavin singing the song from the 1966 original Broadway cast recording of "It's A Bird...It's A Plane...It's Superman (Sony). You can find that recording here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000027WB/studi360-20. Thanks for your detective work!
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