Ghulam Sediq Wardak
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Ghulam Sediq Wardak is a peasant inventor in Afghanistan, credited with 341 inventions, none of which are patented. He is a local hero, despite being only semi-literate, and having no formal higher education. His inventions tend to be practical devices, inspired by needs he perceives in his daily life. His first, made when he was seventeen, was a radio powered by the wearer's bodily electricity.
As of 2004, he is sixty-two years old. He has devoted himself to inventing full-time, being supported financially by his four sons.
List of some inventions
- radio powered by body electricity
- automatic cradle rocker
- solar-powered water pump
External links
- Article (http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200407_124_3_eng.txt) by Institute for War and Peace Reporting
- Slashdot article (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/07/2220234&tid=)