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<blockquote data-quote="LightningCrash" data-source="post: 1995730" data-attributes="member: 4278"><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2012/11/19/teen-prodigy-wows-engineers/" target="_blank">http://mashable.com/2012/11/19/teen-prodigy-wows-engineers/</a></p><p></p><p><em>The latest installment of the THNKRs Prodigies YouTube series highlights Sierra Leone teen Kelvin Doe, who is visiting the U.S. as a guest of MIT.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The 15-year-old is a self-taught engineer, who has never taken an engineering or electronics class. Combining scrap metal, baking soda and acid, he created a battery to power his familys home. He also broadcasts news and music as DJ Focus on the radio, using an RF transmitter he created.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Kelvin is the youngest invitee ever to MITs Visiting Practitioners Program for international development and watching THNKRs look into his trip youll understand why. The teen scours trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. </em></p><p></p><p>Wow! What an amazing kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LightningCrash, post: 1995730, member: 4278"] [url]http://mashable.com/2012/11/19/teen-prodigy-wows-engineers/[/url] [i]The latest installment of the THNKRs Prodigies YouTube series highlights Sierra Leone teen Kelvin Doe, who is visiting the U.S. as a guest of MIT. The 15-year-old is a self-taught engineer, who has never taken an engineering or electronics class. Combining scrap metal, baking soda and acid, he created a battery to power his familys home. He also broadcasts news and music as DJ Focus on the radio, using an RF transmitter he created. Kelvin is the youngest invitee ever to MITs Visiting Practitioners Program for international development and watching THNKRs look into his trip youll understand why. The teen scours trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. [/i] Wow! What an amazing kid. [/QUOTE]
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