I remember reading about William Kamkwamba once upon a while ago (more than a year ago, less than two, I think) about how he built a windmill from what we would consider to be spare parts, in his home country of Malawi, and how he brought his family electricity and running water, a luxury for Malawians. (Amazon.com's blurb says that only about 2 percent of the country can afford this luxury)
Anyway, William Kamkwamba, Amazon.com's book blog, Omnivoracious, checked in on William, and he's rebuilding more things and soon will go to Dartmouth's School of Engineering. He says that Dartmouth lends out power tools...and that made him smile. Frankly, that made me smile. How absolutely cool is that?
Best of luck to William, and may we hope that all engineering schools start lending out tools.
Where is William Kamkwamba Now?
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