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On Afghanistan's Thomas Edison

Posted by simoniker on from the eureka dept.

13.7BillionYears writes "The Institute for War and Peace Reporting details on the exploits of Ghulam Sediq Wardak, a 62 year old semi-literate Afghan with 341 clever inventions to his credit. His first was a radio powered by the low voltage produced by the human body. His most recent is a 1980 Volkswagen rigged to run on solar power. A handful of others are mentioned. Like many a Slashdotter, his parents were once very worried and he eschews patents. 'The main purpose of my inventing is not to earn money,' he says. 'I want to render a service to my countrymen and to all people in the world.'"

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  1. 1st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bam bam bazookajoe

  2. Article author by melted · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >> By Amanullah Nasrat in Kabul

    'Nasrat' means 'to take a dump' in Russian.

  3. This is not science this is engineering by Edmund+Blackadder · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This story was filed under an incorrect heading.

  4. DON'T MOD FLAMEBAIT OR TROLL--I'M A JEWESS by ShockerFan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm allowed to speak the truth about my own people, g-d help me! I say "they" instead of "we" because I don't understand their rationale most of the time.

    --

    Ask me about The Shocker!

  5. MAN WTF? by lu004202 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sorry, I've seen this bullshit posted so many fucking times that I just have to ask: WHAT THE FUCK? Why do you always post a bunch of broken sentences together and make it one big link to goat.cx? What do you hope to accomplish? There is nothing clever, insightful, interesting, or funny about it. If you are going to get modded down to -1, Troll, at least do something trollish! Linking to goat.cx is a fucking faggot's game.