Streetuse–technology solutions from the street
I’ve always been impressed with home-grown technological solutions. This Streetuse website has some great ones. Note the different categories in the left hand menu. I remember seeing a TV episode on a design contest between MIT students and members of some Amazon village. They were given certain tasks to do, and provided certain scrap materials. The MIT kids were blown out of the water by the ingenuity and time to completion of the solutions.
It reminds me of my growing years in a little Arab village outside of Jerusalem. There was a blacksmith/scrapmetal guy at the the bottom of our hill who could make or repair anything we ever needed. Sorry Home Depot, your people have disappointed me over and over again when I come to them with a challenging task. Hint: The solution ain’t got a SKU number or RFID tag, and few employees (not all) can seem to think outside of even their assigned aisle or department.
-Joel G.