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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[mykelnstanlyn]

kelvin is a hero

[joyride199]

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



[Honk3n]

Very touching indeed. What an amazing and inspiring human being!

[vgoj]

Building systems from scraps ... that's genius.

Those kids programming Objective-C maybe smart but not genius.

[kosgeinsky]

He is very passionate about his country. Others complain everyday about their village.

[wadejacks]

mega stuff, keep it up



[netquitano89]

Go go go Kelvin!! you're so cute!^^

,.teary eyes here man!,,very inspiring !..Godbless you...

[JustSeanTime]

When he is told to be careful with the drill, Kelvin thinks that he means "don't break it", when he actually means "don't hurt yourself". Amazing cultural differences once you think about it a little.

[clokverkorange]

I wish I was 1/3 as smart as this kid. Jesus, 1/5 even

[Lucas Della Bella]

Harvard has very good engineering: its harvard, just not at the level of MIT.

[tobleroneyumm]

As a student with engineering skills i like to make my own little gizmos but this inspiring young man does so with virtually nothing

[jubileemama2000]

the fact is that not all of Africa looks like this. Africa has very beautiful cities. people in the west are dumbed down by their media (propaganda) bullshit. you only see what their media wants you to see, and Africa's a continent.