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From Condom to Soccer Ball

I’ve become fascinated with the product innovation happening in the developing world. It’s remarkable what people can do with a some scraps and a lively imagination. For instance, a few days ago I was sitting in on a final presentation at Art Center, where students were working on a water purification / eco-tourism project in Guatemala. In one of the presentations a student presented a construction method for building up cement walls. Locals would use used plastics bottles, stuff them tight with trash, and use that as a filler substrate for cement walls. Genius! And in the example below, kids in Africa are making soccer balls out of a condom and some left over yarn and textile scraps.

Via AfriGadget