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Oct 16, 2003
"Each of us has our precious things, and as we care for them we locate the essence of our humanity. In the end, it is because of our great capacity for caring that I remain optimistic we will confront the dangerous issues now before us." --Bill Joy
The Little Engine that Might
He didn't set out to help Third World countries but he just might end up doing it! Dean Kamen, the technologist famed for inventing the self-balancing Segway scooter, has developed a machine that he thinks can bring two desperately needed things -— electricity and clean water -— to the villages of Africa. He has spent millions of his own money on it and has even given it a nickname: slingshot. The little engine that might!
BE THE CHANGE
According to WHO, more than a billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water. Do your bit and don't waste any drinking water.
