Most of the stories on AfriGadget are stories of work-based ingenuity. However, every once in a while you get an incredible story about someone who creates an amazing do-it-yourself “fun” item. In this case Wired is reporting about Cyril Mazibuko who creates his own home made paraglider:
Cyril is the only black South African currently registered with the sport’s ruling body. And it all started with a glider he made from plastic bags, purloined rope and baling wire, a glider that flew — sort of — though it both amazed and horrified the professional paragliders who saw it.
Read the full story at Wired
(hat tip Tyrell)
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Makezine blog. Interesting stuff. AfriGadget’s mission statement:Gadgets for Africa: Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity. Pictured here is a story of a South African’s Homemade Paraglider!Click hereto go straight to this article on AfriGADGET.
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Ho imparato a volare quando in Sudafrica tutto era turbolento. Adesso che la mia gente è felice e il cielo di nuovo sereno, è giusto che il piccolo zulù torni a far sognare“. © Lorenzo Cairoli Fonti:AfriGadgetWired The Star
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contribute pictures, videos and stories from across the continent. Inspiring stuff. This guy made a crude helicopter with scrap aluminum and parts from a Honda Civic, an old Toyota and from the remains of a crashed Boeing 747. Here’s a guy whomade a paragliderout of plastic bags and scrap wire. A home made welding machine from Nairobi. Kids forced to make their own toys show off their ingenuity. In Kenya they’ve developed bio gas generator that turns methane from a manure pit into cooking gas. And this
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со всего интернета. Вдохновляюще, м? Этот парень сконструировал вертолет из старой Honda Civic, Toyota и останков разбившегося Boeing 747. А этот -сделал параглайдериз пластиковых мешков и другого мусора. продолжение
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со всего интернета. Вдохновляюще, м? Этот парень сконструировал вертолет из старой Honda Civic, Toyota и останков разбившегося Boeing 747. А этотсделал параглайдериз пластиковых мешков и другого мусора. Эти ребята наладили производство сварочных аппаратов из подручных материалов, найденных на
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со всего интернета. Вдохновляюще, м? Этот парень сконструировал вертолет из старой Honda Civic, Toyota и останков разбившегося Boeing 747. А этот -сделал параглайдериз пластиковых мешков и другого мусора. Эти ребята наладили производство сварочных аппаратов из подручных материалов, найденных на
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contribute pictures, videos and stories from across the continent. Inspiring stuff. This guy made a crude helicopter with scrap aluminum and parts from a Honda Civic, an old Toyota and from the remains of a crashed Boeing 747. Here’s a guy whomade a paragliderout of plastic bags and scrap wire.
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