Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Kelvin Doe - whiz kid from Sierra Leone built own battery, radio transmitter

Kelvin Doe. PHOTO/Paula Aguilera, MIT Media Lab

At the age of 13, Kelvin Doe, while living in Sierra Leone created batteries and generators using materials he picked up around the house or from trash bins. Now, he's wowing experts in the United States.

Doe, now 16, became the youngest person in history to be invited to the "Visiting Practitioner's Program" at MIT, according to CNN.

Doe, a completely self-taught engineer, manages his own fully-staffed community radio station in Sierra

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