15-Yr-Old Kelvin Doe Wows M.I.T.

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15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus.

Kelvin became the youngest person in history to be invited to the "Visiting Practitioner's Program" at MIT. THNKR had exclusive access to Kelvin and his life-changing journey - experiencing the US for the first time, exploring incredible opportunities, contending with homesickness, and mapping out his future.

Here is a link to the Bobby Fala track in the video on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/karen-kilberg/k...

Photos courtesy of Adam Cohn (http://www.adamcohn.com/) and Paula Aguilera


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[joyride199]

please don't force your beliefs on other people thank you.

[chobies]

I want to give this kid a hug. Maybe his genius will rub off on me just a little

[YeOleNerd]

Don't impose your beliefs on other people. God doesn't make the world this way. We do.

[BluntmanAZ]

That kid is more capable and has more ingenuity than most of the people on earth.

[dsetz0]

Wow

[Prompteo]

or become an Athiest. YEAAAA BELEIVE YOU CAN FLYYYY, CUZ WE HAVE PLANES SUCKAH

[zZzL33TzZz]

love how he's using Ubuntu =)

[Sporkonafork1]

stfu plz

[Laura West]

God you're such a dumbass. I'm writing this to you from my laptop in the country of South Africa on the CONTINENT of Africa. The comment that you wrote was the most pathetic thing I've ever seen.

[EliteHaxorCube]

I want to be like him.

So amazing.

[w4yn6]

genius exist everywhere in the world.

[beau ling]

its sad that this wonderful world of opportunities is wasted on the most ungrateful imbeciles and not these amazing people like kelvin.