Monday, December 10, 2012

Teen Inventor Catches Eye of MIT, Harvard | Synopsis

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Teen Inventor Catches Eye of MIT, Harvard

Freetown, Sierra Leone (West Africa) from an apartment near Fourah Bay College
Freetown, Sierra Leone (West Africa) from an apartment near Fourah Bay College by gbaku
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Kelvin Doe, 16, of Sierra Leone in West Africa, met with students and professors at MIT and Harvard for his inventions using scrap metal and other material. (Paula Aguilera, MIT Media Lab) He's made a transistor radio, powered his community's FM youth radio station with homemade batteries, and, most recently, built a larger studio generator — all by using materials he found in the trash. At the age of 16, Kelvin Doe, also known as DJ Focus, has been called a prodigy and a genius. He's the most prolific inventor in his West African village of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Doe is the youngest of five children and says he's been inventing gadgets since the age of four. He gathers scrap metal and other materials to create electronic solutions for his town.

People:

Kelvin Doe

Overall Sentiment: 0.0269075

Relevance: 0.896973

David Sengeh

Overall Sentiment: 0.0473983

Relevance: 0.426301

SentimentQuote
0"Innovate Salone is based on the idea that young people can create solutions to problems they experience," said Sengeh.
0.10265"Innovate Salone is based on the idea that young people can create solutions to problems they experience," said Sengeh. "By doing this, they learn through making, they are doers and makers and not merely receivers. They participate in the culture of making, form a network with other makers, and experience the joy of creating."
0.202599"Kelvin had already built prototypes, thus his application was much stronger than others who were still only at the idea stage," said Sengeh.
0.223923"Kelvin had already built prototypes, thus his application was much stronger than others who were still only at the idea stage," said Sengeh. "He had been making different things and his project seemed definitely feasible, and it had already demonstrated its community impact."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.529172
  • Mean: 0.132293
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Paula Aguilera

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.179407

Laura Sampath

Overall Sentiment: 0.239497

Relevance: 0.152309

SentimentQuote
-0.10784"The exceptional thing about Kelvin is he's a very poor kid with very little infrastructure. He's been able to harvest that talent with virtually nothing," said Laura Sampath, ...
-0.181969"The exceptional thing about Kelvin is he's a very poor kid with very little infrastructure. He's been able to harvest that talent with virtually nothing," said Laura Sampath, manager of MIT's International Development Initiative. "He takes apart and then learns by what he's seeing and can rebuild it, often better than what he's seen in the first place."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.289809
  • Mean: -0.1449045
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Albert Academy

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.127781

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Additional Info:

Country: Sierra Leone

Overall Sentiment: 0.198393

Relevance: 0.649094

Organization: MIT

Overall Sentiment: 0.0237287

Relevance: 0.366034

Organization: Harvard

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.340334

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