Hardware Hacker
BBC reports on the self-taught hardware hacker William Kamkwamba, who recycles junk to build electricity-generating windmills in Malawi.
Meanwhile, he installed a solar-powered mechanical pump, donated by well-wishers, above a borehole, adding water storage tanks and bringing the first potable water source to the entire region around his village.
When he ran into bugs, he had to debug and refactor the original design a little:
He upgraded his original windmill to 48-volts and anchored it in concrete after its wooden base was chewed away by termites.
It’s ingenious stuff, check it out.
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