A Macarthur fellowship to MIT instructor Amy Smith, who provides engineering solutions to third world problems that are cheap, simple, maintainable and effective. All the trees are being cut down in Haiti to cook food? Provide a way to to turn abundant agricultural waste into charcoal. Is it taking all day to grind grain for daily bread? Provide a cheaper non motor driven mill that does the job in minutes. Is it any surprise Amy was a Peace Corps volunteer?
Wired News article
Macarthur Fellows Announcement
MIT web page
Amy's course of field trips at MIT The D-Lab
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