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William Kamkwamba, ‘Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,’ @ MIT this month

Friday, October 9th, 2009
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William Kamkwamba
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On the Daily Show, William Kamkwamba talked about building an electricity-generating windmill for his family’s farm in Malawi, using a library book as a guide, at the age of 14. He’s since presented at TEDGlobal 2007 in Tanzania, and wrote a book, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.”

Toward the end of the interview, Kamkwamba explains how he found out about Google, at the TED conference: “I was like, ‘Where was this Google all this time?’”

Kamkwamba is scheduled to speak at MIT’s Technology & Culture Forum on October 21.

After the jump, watch Kamkwamba’s presentation at the TED conference in Tanzania in 2007. (more…)

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