Soccer Balls that Generate Electricity

If you're actually trying to help the developing world, this is very low gains for a high amount of effort. Also, if you doled these out they would immediately be stolen or sold away and hoarded.

Yeh but how long does it last? This ball was designed specifically because normal soccer balls fall apart:

http://www.oneworldfutbol.com/

I kind of think a hand-crank is going to break down less often and be much easier to repair by hand. "Whelp, the bear ate our nightlight" is not going to go over well.

The real question is, how is it as a soccer ball?

I think a better gadget to put in the ball is a camera, to capture play.