Archive for July, 2009

Retrofit Turns a bicycle to an ‘Ambulance’

Zambikes is a project that retrofits bicycles by adding a trailer. This is especially useful in rural Zambia (and other parts of Africa) where there aren’t many cars to get the sick to hospital, much less an ambulance.

Watch how the ‘Zambulance’ retrofit is made…

The ‘ZamCart’
A multipurpose trailer

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Interestingly, the Zambike project sells and outfits bikes under the local brand name of ‘Amaka Sana’, the Bemba word for ‘very strong’ .

To learn more: Zambikes.org and follow @ACIRFA_Zambikes on twitter

via Timbuktu Chronicles

Charging mobile phones with bikes and scrap

Sudan: School Grounds Brew Home Grown Games

Cordless ‘Table’ Light Bulb

Hacking an in-office shower

Paperless Entertainment… The MPesa Way

Fish ‘call’ the Fisherman

Plastic Trash Become Drums in West Africa

Simon Mwaura’s Mobile Remote Control Inventions