Soma Bags makes backpacks equipped with solar panels that power a light, enabling children in rural Tanzania to read even when the sun goes down.

But now, James’ company, Soma Bags, is providing a solution: backpacks equipped with solar panels that charge a reading light. What started as a small-scale project with some discarded cement ...

He began making the solar-powered backpacks from recycled materials, including cement bags, and traditional African fabrics. A solar panel was sewed into the bags which, fully charged, could to ...

Rebecca’s creation – a heated blanket integrated into a backpack and powered by solar panels – was inspired by seeing people sleeping rough on the streets of Glasgow.