一个改变了社区的男孩
A Boy Changing His Community
在这个科技迅猛发展的时代,喜爱创新并勇于创新的人也越来越多了。人们运用自己热爱思考的大脑,以及身边的各种资源,创造出了一个又一个为人类服务的发明。发明与创新也不再局限于年龄,每个人都可以有非凡的创造力。
At the age of 13, a boy living in Sierra Leone created batteries and1)generatorsusing materials he picked up around the house or from trash bins. Now, he’s2)wowingexperts in the U.S.
Kelvin Doe, now 19, became the youngest person in history to be invited to the “Visiting3)Practitioner’sProgram” atMIT注, according to CNN.
Doe, a completely self-taught engineer, manages his own fully-staffed community radio station in Sierra Leone where he broadcasts news and plays music under the4)moniker“DJ Focus.” The radio station is powered by a generator created from a5)deteriorating6)voltage stabilizer, which he found in the trash, while a simple7)antennalets his neighborhood listen in.
“They call me DJ Focus because I believe if you focus, you can do an invention perfectly,” Doe said in a video.
Among those inventions is a battery that he created to light up homes in his neighborhood.
It took several attempts before Doe finally had a working8)prototypefor the battery—a combination of soda,9)acidand metal, wrapped together by tape.
1) generator [΄dʒenəreɪtə] n. 发电机
2) wow [waʊ] v. 博取……的称赞
3) practitioner [præk΄tɪʃənə] n. 从事者,实践者
4) moniker [΄mɒnɪkə] n. 名字,绰号
5) deteriorating [dɪ΄tɪərɪəreɪtɪŋ] adj. 正在退化的
6) voltage stabilizer 电压稳定器
7) antenna [æn΄tenə] n. 天线
8) prototype [΄prəʊtəʊtaɪp] n. 原型,样品
9) acid [΄æsɪd] n. 酸
注:麻省理工学院(Massachusetts Institute of Technology),简称麻省理工(MIT),坐落于美国马萨诸塞州的剑桥市。麻省理工学院创立于1861年,是世界著名的私立研究型大学,素以世界顶尖的工程学和计算机科学享誉世界。
MIT discovered Doe during Innovate Salon, a national high school innovation challenge held in Sierra Leone by an international organization called Global Minimum. Doctoral student David recognized his skills right away.
“It’s very inspirational,” David said in the video. “He created a generator because he needed it.”
Before attending Innovate Salon this year, Doe had never been more than 10 miles from home. With David’s help, he journeyed to New York for the World Maker Fair, where he sat on a “Meet the Young Makers”10)panelwith four American inventors.
Doe’s fame only promises to grow from here. Soon he will be a resident practitioner with the International Development Initiative at MIT and a guest presenter at Harvard School of Engineering, where he’ll gain even more practical knowledge to help his community.
“Whatever things I’ve learned here, I will share it with my friends, colleagues and loved ones,” Doe said.
有个住在塞拉利昂的男孩,在他13岁时,他利用在家中和垃圾桶里找到的材料研制发明了电池和发电机。如今,他在美国获得了专家们的盛赞。
据CNN报道,现年19岁的凯尔文·多伊是麻省理工学院“从业者访问计划”史上最年轻的被邀请人。
多伊是个完全自学成才的工程师,并且在塞拉利昂有个自理的配备齐全的社区广播电台。在那里,他用“DJ聚焦”这一外号播报着新闻、放送着音乐。而为整个电台供电的发电机是用一个老化的稳压器研制出来的,材料则是他从垃圾堆里找到的,他的邻居们通过一条简单的天线便可以收听到广播了。
“他们称我为DJ聚焦,是因为我相信专注可以让人做出一项完美的发明,”多伊在视频中如此说道。
用一块电池照亮整个社区的房屋就是他的其中一项发明。
多伊之前做了多次尝试,终于研制出了电池的工作原型—碳酸水、酸和金属,并将它们用胶带裹在了一起。
国际组织“全局最小值”在塞拉利昂举办了“创新沙龙”这个全国性的高中创新挑战活动。在活动中,麻省理工学院发现了多伊,一位名叫大卫的博士生很快地就认可了多伊的才能。
“这真的是很激励人心的,”大卫在视频里说道。“他出于需要发明了发电机。”
在参加今年的“创新沙龙”以前,多伊从未离家超过10英里。在大卫的帮助下,他前往纽约的“世界创客嘉年华”。在那里,他和另外四名美国发明家一起被列入到了“遇见年轻发明家”的评判小组里。
多伊的名声从这里便传播开来了。之后他将成为麻省理工学院“国际发展创始力”项目的常驻从业人员,并成为哈佛大学工程学院的特邀发言人。在那里,他将获得更多的实践知识来帮助他的社区。
“我在这里学到的所有东西,我都会与我的朋友、同事和我爱的人分享,”多伊说。
10) panel [΄pænl] n. 专门小组,评判小组