MEMBERS & VISITORS Nigerian Teen: Robot Designer Inventor Isah Auwal Barde, aged 17, created the robot Mutum Mutumi from cardboard and other miscellaneous materials he could find. It took Barde two years to build the robot. He had no funding, so all the parts were found locally or provided by others. He also said […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS How Can We Help? How Can We Help? Invention School, located in Eastern Kenya, is dedicated to nurturing the tech leaders of tomorrow. How will it do that? Well, enjoy this video and you can begin to learn how Invention School will develop the future generations of Africans who will be […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS BOY DESIGNS SOLAR SCOOTER BOY DESIGNS SOLAR SCOOTER In order to appreciate the talent, resourcefulness, and creativity of this boy, you would have to understand the highly limited resources he had in building his electric scooter. Since Ghana is primarily not a manufacturing country, but agricultural, there is very little availability […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS OUT WITH THE OLD Prof. Singer and Deputy Director Miriam Muthoni are establishing a local Invention School in Kenya and will enroll selectively and evenly chosen local boys and girls to attend as apprentice inventors. The learning regimen is described in the table below and is structured to develop five […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS JOYFUL CIRCUMCISION JOYFUL CIRCUMCISION Within parts of Africa, a boy’s circumcision is tantamount to his passage into manhood. Ouch! As this celebration was my first of this type, I had no idea that it takes place over 4 days or more. Circumcision is a great cause for celebration within the entire community. […]
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