How many times have you watched children play, seemingly tirelessly, and you or someone said "I wish I had that energy" or "I wish I could harness that energy". Well my nephew did! Such a clever plot too!
You can see photos and read about it on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor web site on reusing materials, "green" inventions.
My nephew Nolan, his beautiful wife Cara, and other graduate students went to Liberia to work on several issues that would improve life there. I think they call themselves Engineers without Borders. There are photos at the U Mich web site of the group building several things. My sister ( his mother) has a very dry sense of humor. She said " I was told they are Pro child labor and will build a merry go round to produce electricity when those unsuspecting children use it. They also will capture the waste from the latrines to use for fuel etc. It is called "Engineers without Borders" .
So they build a wood merry go round similar to the ones in playgrounds in the 50's that power a generator. The generator then provides power for lights at the school at night. Of course the children were ecstatic with the merry go round. I think it's pure genius!
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