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Working with local project partners, researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have designed and installed the first of its kind energy harnessing playground that stimulates crop growth as children play and learn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press release: 4 March 2021 Sheffield Hallam University News<\/a><\/p>\n

Website: Playponics.in<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pradeep Kumar, one of the Playponics project assistants making the final hydroponic connections.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Play and learn PSKG student enthusiastically rides one of the Playponics seesaws.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pupils at the Primary School Khanpur Garbi (PSKG) enjoying playing on the Playponics pilot set up.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Working with local project partners, researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have designed and installed the first of its kind energy harnessing playground that stimulates crop growth as children play and learn. 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