Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.'"

2 of 445 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Goal of the successful by mibus · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Right...

    1. Invent something
    2. ???
    3. Don't Profit.

    Got it! :-)

  2. Re:'Semi-literate' Slashdotter? by aristotle-dude · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What difference would it make? Most ./ers don't even bother reading the article most of the time anyway.

    --
    Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.