克林顿称赞其为“非凡的产品” Clinton praised it as"Special products"

　　2008年，马修斯和希尔沃曼还都是哈佛大学社会学系的大三学生，她们共同选修了一门工程学课，其学期任务是通过艺术与科学的结合来解决一个社会问题。马修斯和希尔沃曼在与同组同学的讨论中碰撞出了发明的火花：发明一种足球，既可以用来踢，又可以把动能转化成电能储存下来，用于给电力缺乏的地区供电。

In 2008,,Matthews and weir hill are Harvard University society of the department of junior students,Their common took an engineering courses,The term mission is through the combination of art and science to solve a social problem.Matthews and weir hill with group members in the discussion of collision out sparks of invention:Invented a football,Not only can be used to play,And the kinetic energy into electric energy can be stored,Used to power the lack of area power supply.

　　在此之前，马修斯和希尔沃曼都曾去非洲大陆旅行过，马修斯本身就是尼日利亚裔美国人。她们都清楚，足球在非洲是一个非常受欢迎的运动，非洲的孩子常常就地取材自制足球；而在非洲，照明是个大问题，很多电力缺乏的地方都使用煤油灯，煤油灯释放的烟气对人体损害很大，用煤油灯一天相当于吸了两包烟。

Before this,Matthews and weir hill had been to Africa trip,Matthews itself is Nigeria African American.They all know,Football in Africa is a very popular sport,African children often use local materials homemade football;While in Africa,Lighting is a big problem,A lot of power of local use kerosene lamp,Kerosene lamp release of flue gas to the human body a damage,A day with kerosene lamp is equivalent to the suction two packs of cigarettes.

　　把非洲人对足球的爱好与对照明的需要结合起来，就是“插座足球”（sOccket）的雏形。sOccket一词是soccer(足球)与socket(插座)的结合体。在投资者以及家庭的帮助下，两个女孩在当年的期末考试前完成了原型的发明，并展开一系列测试。美国、南非、阿尔及利亚、海地、墨西哥、西班牙的孩子们都玩过这种足球的“初级版”，随后，她们又根据需要不断加以改进，令其重量更轻。

The African people to football hobby and the needs of the lighting combined,is"Socket football"(sOccket)The prototype of the.A word is sOccket soccer(football)And socket(socket)Combination of.In the investors and the help of the family,Two girls in the final exam was completed before the invention of the prototype,And on a series of tests.The United States/South Africa/Algeria/Haiti/Mexico/Spain's children were playing the football"Primary version",then,They need to be continually improved according to,Make it lighter weight.

　　“插座足球”为马修斯和希尔沃曼赢得了许多荣誉和奖项。美国前总统比尔·克林顿把它描述为“非凡的产品”，他说，这一发明“为我们提供了一种产生电和改善生活质量、工作能力和学习能力的新方法。”2009年，马修斯和希尔沃曼的研发团队获得了克林顿基金会的支持。

"Socket football"For Matthews and weir hill won many honors and awards.Former US President Bill Clinton put it described as"Special products",He said,This invention"Provide us with a kind of generate electricity and improve the quality of life/Working ability and learning ability of the new method."In 2009,,Matthews and weir hill r&d team won the Clinton foundation support.

踢球30分钟可照明3小时 Playing 30 minutes to lighting 3 hours

　　“插座足球”看起来就像一个普通的足球，但是兼有储存电力的功能。其原理是将踢球时的能量储存到一节电池里，而这节电池可以用来给手机等小电器充电。踢30分钟球所储存的能量足够令LED灯亮3个小时。

"Socket football"Looks like a normal football,But with storage power function.Its principle is to play will be the energy storage to the battery,The battery can be used for mobile phones, and other small electrical charge.Thirty minutes to play the ball the stored energy to LED light enough for three hours.

　　2011年，马修斯和希尔沃曼成立了一家社会企业，继续致力于将有趣性和社会服务性相结合的发明，如今该企业的年收入已经达到200万美元。迄今为止，她们跟多家非政府组织合作，已经将超过1万只“插座足球”发放到非洲和中美洲等地区。

In 2011,,Matthews and weir hill to set up a social enterprise,Continue to interesting sex and social service combination of invention,Now the enterprise annual income reached 2 million us dollars.So far,They with several non-governmental organizations,Has more than 10000 only"Socket football"Sent to Africa and Central America and other regions.

　　去年秋天，马修斯和希尔沃曼又开始了在哈佛商学院的深造。当有记者问她们既要开公司又要展开新的学业，是否连睡眠时间都受影响时，马修斯回答说，她只有24岁，她愿意为了做一些真正有意义的事情而舍弃睡眠。

Last fall,Matthews and weir hill again in the harvard business school for further study.When a reporter asked they should start a company and to open the new school,Whether even sleep time will be affected,Matthews said,She was only 24 years old,She's willing to do something really meaningful things instead of sleep.

　　目前，她们正在进行的项目是LUDO一只配有芯片的小球，芯片可以捕捉和记录踢足球的时间，并通过无线方式将数据上传到Uncharted Play的网上平台。她们的目标是建立一个货币体系，让发展中国家的人们拿踢球的游戏时间去购买自己所需的资源。（文：吕云）

At present,Their ongoing project is LUDO a chip with the ball,Chip can capture and record the time of playing football,And through the wireless way data to Uncharted Play online platform.Their goal is to establish a monetary system,Let the developing countries take people playing the game time to purchase its own resources needed.(wen:LvYun)