Farmer designs water mill to generate electricity

wOw!

I read this news on the BetterIndia site this morning. Felt absolutely terrific.

They say illiterate farmer, but I say a creative farmer, using his experience, from Somapur village in Gadag district of Karnataka, has designed a water mill to generate electricity. Right from conceptualizing to materialisation, the farmer has done everything on his own. He operates the water mill in the canal near his house. 

Read the full story here and say wOw!

As they say, grass root innovations are the need for the hour and that works, this is just one of those examples. With only just 5000 Rs, Siddappa has come up with this brilliant 'workable' model. 

Pic courtesy: The BetterIndia

Srik

Google’s new sibling!

Google has a sibling in China called ‘Goojje’!

I was not aware of this until this morning. But it made me say wOw!

Now that Google has embroiled in a censorship row with China, it has threatened to leave the country. But now it seems that Google does have a loving sister in China. As soon as it threatened to leave the country, a site popped up – Goojje.

‘jje’ stands for sister in official Chinese language.  Google’s last syllables sound like ‘ge ge’ or brother in Chinese. The mysterious figure behind Goojje (a female college student) writes in the site’s manifesto: “I made Goojje because brother Google was leaving”. The site contains pleas for Google to not to leave China.

The manifesto also notes: “Goojje was born for peace, this internet world has become harmonious because of Goojje’s appearance, and with Goojje the brother won’t be lonely”.

Source: Down to Earth magazine, February 16-28, 2010