By Anna Edwards With over 1.3billion people in the world living without electricity, suggesting a game of football seems the least likely solution to help the chronic problem. But two charitable entrepreneurs have seemingly come up with a way to guarantee power for those left in the darkness - an energy harnessing football. By kicking the SOCCKET ball around, players can generate enough electricity in a 30 minute game to power a LED lamp for three hours. Scroll down for video President Barack Obama kicks the energy-storing soccer ball at Ubungo Power Plant in Dar es Salaam On your head! The president looked impressed with the ball - which could end millions of people relying on harmful alternative energy supplies
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Ball has a pendulum which stores kinetic energy and can be used later
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President Obama dribbled the ball around in Tanzania today at energy event
The pendulum-like mechanism inside the @placeholder captures the kinetic energy generated during normal play