Self-Taught Teen Wows MIT

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January 5, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. - Phil Collins - Self-Taught Teen Wows MIT In Sierra Leone, West Africa, the lights may come on once in a week, with the rest of the month, dark. So, Kelvin Doe made his own battery to power lights in people's houses from recycled parts he found in the trash. He also made his own FM radio transmitter and a generator to power it so that he can give voice to the youth in his country. David Sengeh discovered Kelvin at an innovation camp he runs in Sierra Leone and invited Kelvin to M.I.T., where David is a PhD student in the Media Lab. Just as Kelvin's world is expanded by working in the Media Lab, the researchers there had their world expanded by interacting with Kelvin. { read more } Be The Change Learn more about Kelvin Doe in this article written for CNN's What Next blog by David Sengeh. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Homeless Man Bails out Banker The Impossible Floating Village Football Team Wisdom From Alice, Age 108 The Poorest & Most Generous President in the World The Body's Grace: A Paralyzed Yoga Teacher's Insights One of the Greatest Love Stories Ever Mr. Rogers at the Emmy Awards The 29-Year-Old Stockbroker Who Saved 699 Lives DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 124,075 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More