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African Entrerpreneur Making Wooden Outlet Strips
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Here in the U.S. and in much of the Western world, we take many of the little things for granted. For instance, if you want a power strip, you just head down to your local Best Buy or other mega-chain store and buy one. But in some parts of the… |
January 27th, 2012
Robot Built From Used Television Parts Inspires People, Old Tvs
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A young Togolese man named Sam Todo made a humanoid robot “almost entirely from old television sets.”… Todo built the robot as a way of encouraging his fellow Africans to become more interested in science and technology. The hearts of hundreds of millions of dusty, unused and ignored TVs from |
April 15th, 2010
Cherrypal Africa $99 Netbook: Too Cheap to be True?
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Cherrypal specializes in selling cheap computers, and their latest product is testament to that. The Africa is a 7-inch netbook equipped with a 400 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB flash memory, and runs either a Linux OS or Windows CE. Yes, I said CE. Depressing specs,… |
December 17th, 2009
Playpump Helps Quench Thirst the Fun and Simple Way
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According to Playpumps International, more than one billion people in the world do not have access to clean water. Water-related diseases are responsible for 80% of sicknesses and are the leading cause of death worldwide. In response to this urgent problem, Playpumps International are helping many communities in Third World… |
January 30th, 2009
