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Malawi windmill boy with big fans
- bhousel 17y agoalso here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=853890 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=853890 But at least the BBC article gives some more info..
- viggity 17y agoThe fact that the author was able to work in the word "quixotic" into an article about a boy who built his own windmill is inherently awesome.
- wizard_2 17y agoI've been following William Kamkwamba's blog (not written directly by him) about his progress for the past year or two. It's amazing what a little bit of knowledge can do. Before meeting the reporter he was fighting for books ways to learn. Eventually he was brought to the city and showed a computer and he cried. Plans for windmills are all over the net and he struggled for very long time to build his own from a photo. I'm personally no longer interested in the publicity he's been garnering (I recently stopped following his blog.) but I'm very happy that he managed to get hooked up with the right people and that was able to talk at TED etc. I hope his mentors teach him well and he's able to bring the change he wants to his country and his people.