Saturday, November 17, 2012

Teenager from Sierra Leone West Africa is Self-Taught Electronics Inventor


15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus.

Kelvin became the youngest person in history to be invited to the "Visiting Practitioner's Program" at MIT. THNKR had exclusive access to Kelvin and his life-changing journey - experiencing the US for the first time, exploring incredible opportunities, contending with homesickness, and mapping out his future.

Check-out David's Crowdrise page: http://www.crowdrise.com/InnovateSalone

Photos courtesy of Adam Cohn (http://www.adamcohn.com/) and Paula Aguilera


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