Low-tech Inventions That Help Change Lives

Posted by Zonk on Thursday October 11, 2007 @09:53AM from the best-thing-since-the-shoelace dept.

angelaelle writes "The current issue of Popular Mechanics is featuring their Breakthrough Awards program for inventors. Some of the winning inventions help improve the living conditions for people in third world countries using low-tech materials and assembly methods. Technologies like this cookstove for people in Darfur, and in the case of this Windbelt developed by Shawn Frayne, could be used to provide cheap, clean energy alternatives. The website features fascinating, inspiring videos talking about the inventor's 'eureka moment', focusing on the inventor as well as the technology."

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agfaer by R00BYtheN00BY · 2007-10-11 10:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Did they talk about THAT??? by Anonymous Coward · 2007-10-11 12:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The steel that could be melted by jet fuel fire?