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Dept. of tech. adaption, kerleone, January 23, 2004 5:39:45 PM CET In search of India's grassroot inventors  BBC reports about NIF, a organisation in india which is building a national register of grassroots innovation and traditional knowledge. They write: "There are innovators who innovate in the 'laboratories of life' and yet they never get recognised (...) In a country with 600,000 villages where electricity and water still remain big problems, people continuously find alternative ways of meeting their needs." As for example the banana slicer in the picture above, which can chop 1200 pieces in a minute. ... Comment |
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