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Malawi high school dropout builds wind generator from book

 
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I thought folks would enjoy this. Perhaps all the things we think are too complicated for us really aren't...

http://www.pangeaday.org/filmDetail.php?id=47

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So he connected a fan to bigger blades?  I'm guessing it was a DC fan that would then charge a battery?  And the radio was a DC radio?



 
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And the young man's blog is here:  http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/

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Justin Rhodes: How to Raise a Year's Worth of (Meat) Chickens in 58 Days
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