Comments on Hacktivate: Malawian windmill

Hi Bryan, I've read William's story with a...

2010-04-09T03:39:11.954-07:00

Hi Bryan, I've read William's story with amazement and I was very moved when I heard about the existence of another East African called Peter who, like William, has built a windmill out of scrap and constructed several pieces of machinery which he runs on the electricity he generates. I was so inspired by both stories that I published an article about it: http://www.gvepinternational.org/news/183/
and a photo story on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gvepinternational/sets/72157623582305191/

[...] malawskiego wynalazcy zaczęło się od wpisu n...

2009-10-02T18:08:18.000-07:00

[...] malawskiego wynalazcy zaczęło się od wpisu na blogu. Mike McKay na swoim blogu Hacktivate opisał historię Williama cytując artykuł z malawskiej gazety. Niewiele później opowieść obiegła świat poruszając wielu ludzi. Piętnastoletni William [...]

Regarding the dead link to the Daily Times, it mig...

2009-10-01T09:31:07.000-07:00

Regarding the dead link to the Daily Times, it might be of interest that the Internet Archive holds archived copies of many transient web pages.

The article in question can still be seen at

http://web.archive.org/web/20061128040746/http://www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3312

[...] local press reported William’s astonishing a...

2009-09-30T20:47:39.000-07:00

[...] local press reported William’s astonishing achievement, Hactivate picked up the story. TED did an interview with William who was so shy, he gave the shortest of answers, against a [...]

[...] as blue-gum trees, bicycle parts, and materi...

2009-09-28T13:18:03.000-07:00

[...] as blue-gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard. Mike McKay blogged about him. And courtesy of Mike’s post, he was invited to attend the TED conference in Tanzania. Since [...]

[...] Kamkwamba, whom I first blogged about three ...

2009-09-28T09:33:35.000-07:00

[...] Kamkwamba, whom I first blogged about three years ago continues his amazing ascent. Where there was nothing but a drought laden field he built a tower of [...]

[...] reading about Kamkwamba on Mike McKay’s blog...

2009-09-23T16:33:12.000-07:00

[...] reading about Kamkwamba on Mike McKay’s blog Hactivate (which picked up the story from a local Malawi newspaper), TEDGlobal Conference Director Emeka [...]

[...] Remember William Kamkwamba and his homemade ...

2007-07-01T06:46:01.000-07:00

[...] Remember William Kamkwamba and his homemade Windmill made from bicycle parts? [...]

[...] the attention of Malawian software developer...

2007-06-20T10:34:04.000-07:00

[...] the attention of Malawian software developer and blogger Soyapi Mumba, whose post got picked up by Hactivate, Afrigadget and other blogs. Emeka Okafor from Timbuktu Chronicles - curator of the TED Global [...]

[...] Remember William Kamkwamba and his homemade ...

2007-06-06T02:02:40.000-07:00

[...] Remember William Kamkwamba and his homemade Windmill made from bicycle parts? [...]

[...] Story Link (via Hacktivate) Share this po...

2006-12-18T23:07:35.000-08:00

[...] Story Link (via Hacktivate) Share this post:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers [...]

[...] rica Malawi, Development, Energy, Science, T...

2006-11-28T16:39:00.000-08:00

[...] rica Malawi, Development, Energy, Science, Technology Global Roundups Hactivate has a moving story about a windmill in Malawi, “The windmill stands on a [...]