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Timothy Barker
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What is the best way to help people in developing communities?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Timothy Barker Jul. 30, 2009.

 

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Just added a few slides to the DIYNGO website (www.diyngo.org) under 'resources'. They are designed for a local audience of around 10 to 11 year old young people but do feel free to adapt them. They give a little background to climate change and pr…
January 1
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And here we have a combined anemometer and light meter which I tested today. The light meter showed that there was plenty of light to power a solar cell but the anemometer hardly turned - part of this may be down to the design so it needs to be tes…
December 15, 2009
Timothy Barker commented on Timothy Barker's blog post 'wind power'
ok, so the calculation was easy: diameter multiplied by pi unless I am missing something. Although I am assuming that the speed the anemometer (ok I can't spell it) is turning at is directly proportional to the speed of the wind. in reality (since r…
December 14, 2009
Timothy Barker commented on Timothy Barker's blog post 'wind power'
well well, I have a prototype anonometer already! still need to perform a few calculations to ascertain the correct wind speed from the bicycle computer but I'd like to see if it works in windy conditions first. it actually looks pretty much like a…
December 14, 2009
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thinking of making a DIY anonometer out of an old bicycle computer & bits I have lying around. maybe we can raise a little much needed cash (finally) with this kind of project? see you on the hills! :-)
December 14, 2009
Timothy Barker added a blog post
The new DIYNGO newsletter is out NOW @ www.diyngo.org. Enjoy! :-)
November 21, 2009
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This is Duncan using the prototype solar computer (actually we eventually used his own solar equipment to power this session). He is based in a small rural Kenyan village near Lake Bogoria. Duncan now as updated his mobile phone to a Chinese N96i so…
November 9, 2009
Timothy Barker commented on mary me's blog post 'Face to face with climate change effects at Mutomo- kitui-kenya'
Thank you Mary for this moving account of a community at the sharp end of climate change. Here in the UK today our ministers have been meeting to discuss the effects of climate change and presumably what we in the 'developed' countries can do to hel…
November 5, 2009
Timothy Barker commented on Timothy Barker's blog post 'Big Prop II'
Forgot to say that the new wood hub extension is the base from a 'mug tree' purchased from a charity shop for a pound. The centre hole was then widened with a couple of different sized files so that it fitted over the axle.
October 27, 2009
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This is the latest version of Big Prop which uses the Dynohub as a generator. The same blades are used as previously described but a wooden extension to the hub is now screwed onto the smallest of the two hubs (having nine holes). This then allows t…
October 27, 2009
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DIYNGO has accepted an invitation from UN DSPD-DESA to join an initiative called "ICTs and Civil Society to Promote Social Development". We're not sure what it entails yet besides sharing 'best practices'. It is, however, an interesting development…
October 23, 2009
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Hmmm...was thinking on the bus today how important it is in attempting to solve these problems we all face today on a 'meta level'. That is, we have to detach ourselves from the immediacy - the here and now - of our lives, escape the everyday and re…
October 20, 2009
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Renewable energy is not just of interest for Developing Countries. In the UK the government, quite rightly, is concerned that we may not be able to meet the energy demands of our own future society. Hence the call for evidence for delivering secure…
September 24, 2009
Timothy Barker commented on mary me's blog post 'SOLAR WASTED WILL NEVER BE RECOVERED'
all good mary. keep up the good work!
September 20, 2009
Timothy Barker commented on mary me's blog post 'SOLAR WASTED WILL NEVER BE RECOVERED'
Thanks Mary. It does seem unfortunate to be 'wasting' such a valuable resource. Although I do read that people are starting to realise that it is a viable national asset. I think that with increasing demands being placed upon countries as alternativ…
September 16, 2009
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This is Big Prop which, briefly, consists of a dynohub bicycle dynamo on top of an upturned castor wheel (the sort of thing you find on the bottom of chairs) with the blades made out of plastic guttering half-pipe found lying around the nearby wood…
September 16, 2009

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Climate Change and You!

Just added a few slides to the DIYNGO website (www.diyngo.org) under 'resources'. They are designed for a local audience of around 10 to 11 year old young people but do feel free to adapt them.

They give a little background to climate change and provide a little motivation for doing the kind of thing we do.

Posted on January 1, 2010 at 2:57pm —

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AnemoLite


And here we have a combined anemometer and light meter which I tested today. The light meter showed that there was plenty of light to power a solar cell but the anemometer hardly turned -… Continue

Posted on December 15, 2009 at 6:19pm —

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wind power

thinking of making a DIY anonometer out of an old bicycle computer & bits I have lying around. maybe we can raise a little much needed cash (finally) with this kind of project? see you on the hills! :-)

Posted on December 14, 2009 at 11:40am — 2 Comments

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The new DIYNGO newsletter is out NOW @ www.diyngo.org. Enjoy! :-)

Posted on November 21, 2009 at 12:37am —

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The Cutting Edge of Rural Kenyan DIY Net Connectivity.

This is Duncan using the prototype solar computer (actually we eventually used his own solar equipment to power this session). He is based in a small rural Kenyan village near Lake Bogoria.… Continue

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 7:01pm —

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At 3:23am on July 2, 2009, j Tim Denny said…
Thanks Tim... been swamped with my typical stuff and wrapping up a project... hard to work when the neighbors are remodeling.
cheers

I really need to get a more appealing picture... I think step one should be to swap out that boring academic looking pic for something more tasteful.
 
 

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