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Got a Girl Crush On: A Urine Powered Generator designed by four teenage girls in AfricaAn amazing accomplishment by four brilliant girls. The girls are are Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15).1 Liter of urine gives you 6 hours of electricity.
The system works like this:
- Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the hydrogen.
- The hydrogen goes into a water filter for purification, which then gets pushed into the gas cylinder.
- The gas cylinder pushes hydrogen into a cylinder of liquid borax, which is used to remove the moisture from the hydrogen gas.
- This purified hydrogen gas is pushed into the generator.
(via thefontnazi: japesofwrath: howiviewafrica)
(via sister-bell)
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Got a Girl Crush On: “I Am a Scientist” (Mates of State cover Guided by Voices to promote girls in science)
The problems are clear. Science and technology fields hold the jobs of the future, but our young women aren’t being prepared effectively to lead, or even compete. Interest in science is equal among younger girls and boys, and then diverges from middle school onward. There’s many culprits to blame, and most of them are social.
So again we ask: How do we fix it?
There’s wrong ways. And then there’s really wrong ways, like last week’s “Science, It’s A Girl Thing” fiasco. You don’t encourage girls in science by creating unrealistic role models and more stereotypes. That’s why I love the soon-to-be-released Science Fair album, especially this track from Mates of State.
To me, it captures all the right stuff. The happy curiosity, the proud young girl working on what makes her happy, and getting to prove the naysayers wrong in the end. The full album features tracks that serve to inspire young girls in education, all performed by female singers, and all of the proceeds will go to girls’ STEM programs through Girls, Inc..
If you’d like more information on the Science Fair album, check out their website.
directed by Lindsay Van Dyke
(via tinyparticles: jtotheizzoe)
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Got a Girl Crush On: Ms. Frizzle’s dress game
You may remember this gregarious ginger as the super awesome science teacher from the Magic Schoolbus book series—but I remember her for her always appropriately coordinated ensembles. And The Carbon Magazine has a great “how to wear” guide to the Frizz, galaxy style!
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