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Premiere: William Kamkwamba on building a windmill
When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book. In...
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William Kamkwamba in the Wall Street Journal
William Kamkwamba, a young Malawi man who designed and built a windmill for his family when he was 14 — and who spoke so memorably at TEDGlobal Africa this June — is profiled on the front page of...
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Twitter Snapshot: William Kamkwamba in Session 7
William Kamkwamba spoke at TEDGlobal 2007, as a shy young man who’d built his family a windmill from scrap. His story captured the world’s attention. Today he walked onstage with confidence to tell...
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William Kamkwamba at TEDGlobal 2009: Running notes from Session 7
William Kamkwamba at TEDGlobal 2009, Session 7: July 23, 2009, in Oxford, UK. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson William Kamkwamba took the stage this morning to tell the story of his young and...
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How I harnessed the wind: William Kamkwamba on TED.com
At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family’s home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the...
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How my windmill changed my life: Exclusive interview with William Kamkwamba
The TED Blog met with William Kamkwamba shortly after the publication of his autobiography, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Here, he answers questions about his book, his life story, his plans for the...
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Harnessing the power of reading: Q&A with illustrator Elizabeth Zunon
Yesterday, TED Fellow William Kamkwamba debuted an illustrated children’s version of his memoir The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, co-written with Bryan Mealer and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon. Since...
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New documentary at SXSW traces William Kamkwamba’s journey from rural Malawi...
William Kamkwamba built a windmill out of spare parts to provide electricity for his family in rural Malawi, after seeing a similar design in a library book. It’s an incredible story — one that set...
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“William and the Windmill” wins Grand Jury Award at SXSW
Last night at SXSW, William and the Windmill was awarded one of the festival’s top two honors, taking home Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature. William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind The film...
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3 teenage thinkers with big ideas for energy
Taylor Wilson has been called “The Boy Who Played With Fusion” by Popular Science magazine. At age 9, Wilson stunned tour guides at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, with his...
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Nuclear fission reactors, Africa’s Einsteins and the healing power of nature:...
Dan Gilbert. Photo: Bret Hartman By Liz Jacobs and Thu-Huong Ha Our brains work in mysterious ways. They make us laugh, they make us cry, and sometimes, they make us 19-year old geniuses. The 11...
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Tradition is not a frozen thing: Notes from Session 7, Power up
Alsarah and the Nubatones bring a new twist on traditional East African pop. As Alsarah tells it: “Tradition is not a frozen thing, it’s not a stagnant thing. Tradition is merely a conversation between...
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Ben Saunders’ solo crossing of Antarctica, and more news from TED speakers
As usual, the TED community has lots of news to share this week. Below, some highlights. A solo crossing of Antarctica. With chilling detail, Ben Saunders documents his journey across Antarctica as he...
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