Engineering Failure Case Study 3

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23 Jun

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Engineering Failure Case Study 3 Innovation and creativity has lead to gigantic leaps being made by mankind away from hunter gatherer societies of the past. Always keep in mind however that these leaps have invariably had their share of failures. The explosion of the space shuttle and now this underwater submersible […]

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WHEN AFRICAN INNOVATORS COMPETE IN ARCHITECTURAL SPACES

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28 Sep

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: WHEN AFRICAN INNOVATORS COMPETE IN ARCHITECTURAL SPACES What will happen when African creators invent new forms of making things or adopting existing forms like those in building construction like that originated in 1964 by Dante Bini . We can wait and hold our breath for unimaginable surprises.  After […]

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A BETTER MOUSETRAP

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06 Sep

  MEMBERS & VISITORS A BETTER MOUSETRAP YOUNG AFRICAN INVENTORS HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door” is a phrase attributed to the writer Ralph Waldo Emerson in the late nineteenth century. The phrase has turned into a metaphor about the power of innovation and […]

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BOY DESIGNS ELECTRIC SCOOTER

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23 Jan

  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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OUT WITH THE OLD

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11 Jan

  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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