Wheel balancing is totally overrated
A Kenyan Facebook user recently shared these images of a craftsman in Eldoret (Kenya) who repairs rims: Kenya fixit? Eh! (via Silas Salavi)
Posts Tagged ‘diy’
Remote Controlled Toy ATV
Miniature versions of vehicles are as popular with kids in Cameroon as anywhere else. Adult craftsmen across the continent use materials such as wire, beads and recycled cans to create toy bicycles, trucks and airplanes—many of which transcend the level … Read more →
Genius strikes again: kids in village build radio from scrap parts
It is one thing to drool over the coming digital age in Africa just by studying the numbers, charts and info-graphics. It is a whole other experience to encounter the early signs of all of those numbers and projections in … Read more →
Building a (one-stage) Anaerobic Digester
David of the Kenyan Community Initiative Support (KCIS) recently built a very low tech Anaerobic digester using only a drum, a valve and some pipes: The balloon shows that gas is being produced. The costs for the drum and professional … Read more →
A Homemade Robot in Togo
Sam Todo, a student in Togo, creates a working robot out of old TV parts and other used electronics. (h/t Maneno)