By Peggie Scott | Project Leader
A bicycle wheel, plastic cups and duct tape were the starting points for our first attempt to create a water-wheel driven power supply.
Our ultimate goal is to design a unit that can be made without power-tools and from materials readily available in Liberia. The unit should be large enough to charge a battery that can, in turn, charge several cell phone batteries. This ability could be used to create or enhance a small business.
Building the water-wheel was a one day project and it's encouraging that it worked so well. Now we have to make it stronger.
Here's a link to a video. http://www.youtube.com/user/scottpeggie
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