by William Kamkwamba | Oct 3, 2009 | General
Hacker rewarded for creating electricityposted Oct 2nd 2009 5:58am by Mike Szczysfiled under: green hacks [garhol] tipped us off about a self-taught hacker who brought a little light to his tiny home. [William Kamkwamba] dropped out of school...
by William Kamkwamba | Oct 3, 2009 | General
Malawian teenager William Kamkwamba built a generator out of a bicycle and tractor fan. Now he's lauded by environmentalists John Vidal The Guardian, Saturday 3 October 2009 Article history Reaching for the skies: Kamkwamba, 14, fine tunes his invention....
by William Kamkwamba | Oct 3, 2009 | General
What a great day that Bryan and I had in Chicago. After eating some delicious deep-dish pizza last night at Gino's East (I can't tell you how much I love deep-dish pizza), we woke up this morning and got busy. I managed to spend a few hours studying for my...
by William Kamkwamba | Oct 2, 2009 | General
John Hockenberry and Celeste Headlee were incredibly kind and I think the interview came out great. Original radio story and post hereAFRICA ALTERNATIVE ENERGYA Windmill That Saves a VillageBY JOHN HOCKENBERRY, CELESTE...
by William Kamkwamba | Oct 2, 2009 | General
Some people see lemons and make lemonade. William Kamkwamba saw wind and made a windmill.This might not seem like a mighty feat. But Kamkwamba, who grew up in Masitala, a tiny rural farming village off the grid in Malawi, was 14 years old in 2001 when he spotted a...
