50calibre:


There's nothing wrong in trying your hands at something or testing your understanding, but not when it's done at the expense of things of real importance.

What kind of person channels all he's got into a pet project? The guy put in all his money & also got more from his parents to put into that thing. Is that a judicious use of his resources.

I guess the guy isn't aware of the issues you highlighted in your second paragraph, in his mind he probably thinks he's created something innovative, perhaps he needs to acquaint himself with basic reality first.

Look I'm all for creativity & ingenuity but at the same time, I'm all for common sense. That guy looks like he could really use some money, he shouldn't be wasting what he's got on things which serve him no immediate purpose.

princefunmi:

Unfortunately you are wrong. The Oyinbo man will pick this guy up and ensure that he is able to develop that idea. You know why? Because the Oyinbo man knows that if he succeeds, he will be able to exploit it.

django1: This might be the tenth time I'll see this on FP.

Cos the Nairaland Mods think if they show us this IED often enough, we would start to believe its actually a Car.

silverprince413: A young Nigerian student doing his last year
in electronic and electrical engineering at
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has built
a car operating on solar power.



Segun Oyeyiola explains that his car uses both wind
and solar energy for the functioning, The Net
reports. Moreover, the man developed an
application for its installation in the car, which app
will inform the driver about the battery level,
weather conditions and other essential parameters.
In an interview to allAfrica.com Segun spoke about
how he came up with the idea and eventually
embodied it. He confessed his first motivation was
to eradicate the causes of climate change resulting
in fuel combustion.
"In the course of my research, I found out that our
regular cars contribute immensely to climate
change… If we could manufacture cars that do not
use fuel or reduce the number of cars that use fuel;
our world will be a better place for us to live in."



The student had to work and study hard to achieve
his aim, which was even harder because of absence
of electricity most of the time.
Apart from that, the final year student faced other
challenges:
"Asides the lack of electricity, getting the right
materials and text books to study as well as other
needed tools was difficult. But the most prominent
of them was the lack of funds. I started using my
personal funds which I obtained by helping people
to do their projects and a little fund my parents also
contributed towards the project."
He also explained that the resulting model is a
prototype, but not the final look of the car. Segun
hopes to develop his project into a future car for
Nigeria and Africa, as it is created with regard to our
climate.
The young man points out another important
benefit of using his auto – low maintenance cost:
"Everyone likes it and they are willing to start
driving it around town because of its low cost of
maintenance. I developed a simple software that
can be installed on our laptops and smart phones to
tell us the battery level, the weather condition, the
distance we can cover during different weather
conditions and GPS location of the car."



Enthusiastic about his project, Segun says he is not
sure whether he would like to sell the idea to some
entity, he prefers to have the project funded and
continue working on upgrading the auto:
"I would rather they fund me to put together a team
to help me perfect them and make them
commercial."
In conclusion the 30-year-old urged youths to look
for solutions to the global problems and never stop
learning something new.
"And it’s better to start anything we wanted to do
now. Let’s do what will make us happy and that
which will not affect our fellow being negatively."

MadCow1: [b]Some Nigerian Inventions in pictures;


1. The Urine Generator that never started..




2. Covenant University Invented rechargable car.. Looks like one of these BOKO HARAM IEDs

[img]http://3.bp..com/-Negwa14ZLq4/T0O1yRmm3sI/AAAAAAAAGZY/rOwmR6GZV8o/s400/1.jpg[/img]

3. The Nigerian Invented car.

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/913846_IMG-20121212-00484_jpg30226dd389c62f136cbccd0e9ae227f2[/img]

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/914538_IMG00326-20121002-0312_jpgf5bc207a654ee03a00ff44fe9724cd55[/img]

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/914539_IMG00331-20121002-0313_jpgdde98422d470ea6a103f5586545a4c5b[/img]

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/914544_Amphibian-Jet_jpgcd3dbf822387866325698e56eb9878d0[/img]


4. Nigerian Invented Helicopter..

www.nairaland.com/attachments/171988_Nigerian_Cobra_jpg48814321fce28d62073e11757df21f8c

5. Nigerian invented Kekemousine..



6. Nigerian Light aircraft that never flew..

[img]http://4.bp..com/-luC7DV3GbaQ/UQZCf9uJbSI/AAAAAAAAdpA/2APACX4avJY/s1600/Nigerian+Build+Plane+1.png[/img]

7. Anambra State University Car..

www.nairaland.com/attachments/955074_Project__jpgd33d06c50359c29c9aea125c9a908b50

8. Nigerian Air-Amphibian-Jet..

[img]http://scienceandtechnologyland.files./2013/01/picture4.png?w=487[/img][/b]

AjanleKoko:

Here we go again

Is the boy the president of Nigeria?

MadCow1:


[b]A serious scientist would have started from;

studying the Tesla Electric car,
the amount of power required to spin the motor,
the weight to power ratio of the car,
the type of batterires used and general composition of it,
the amount of electrical current required to charge up all the batteries in the Tesla,
how long the batteries hold their charges for,
the power rating on the motor used in the Tesla,
The max speed of the tesla.
The weight of the body of the Tesla (minus the batteries),
e.t.c

Then proceed to study renewable energy in particular Solar Energy and Wind Turbines. I personally feel a wind powered car is more feasible than a solar powered car seeing as the energy required to spin the wheels on the turbine is easier to generate.

The amount of power needed to move a light weight Tesla car is so much, I wonder the amount that would be needed to move a Volkwagon bettles made out of pure Iron and aluminium that weighs so much.


Nigerians are easily fooled by foolishness.

Na so that Amphibian car built by that Yaba Left Escapee hit frontpage, people start to say make Government invest in the mad Man. I swear, if to say Nigerian government give that guy 1 Naira, I for stop to pay taxes. [/b]

ollynzo2: 30 year old final year student.....
He must have spent enough time in the mechanic workshop before entering school.

Burnaaboi: Since last year april...he built et last year april..i remember commenting on a thread lyk dis ...whats d meanin of dis shit

50calibre:


Hahahaha Very good point! Nigerians always applaud nonsense.

From which ever angle you look at this guy's creation, it's senseless. He didn't consider the different technicalities involved.

There still isn't an efficient way to harness solar energy, solar panels only retain a limited percentage of the sun's energy, the rest just bounces off therefore, to generate any significant power, you need a whole lot of solar panels.

I seriously doubt that panel he put on the car is enough to move it more than a few yards and even at that, it looks too archaic for my liking

That Panel cant generate enough power to roll that car for up to 5 feet.

django1: This might be the tenth time I'll see this on FP.

MadCow1: [b]Some Nigerian Inventions in pictures;


1. The Urine Generator that never started..




2. Covenant University Invented rechargable car.. Looks like one of these BOKO HARAM IEDs

[img]http://3.bp..com/-Negwa14ZLq4/T0O1yRmm3sI/AAAAAAAAGZY/rOwmR6GZV8o/s400/1.jpg[/img]

3. The Nigerian Invented car.

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/913846_IMG-20121212-00484_jpg30226dd389c62f136cbccd0e9ae227f2[/img]

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/914538_IMG00326-20121002-0312_jpgf5bc207a654ee03a00ff44fe9724cd55[/img]

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/914539_IMG00331-20121002-0313_jpgdde98422d470ea6a103f5586545a4c5b[/img]

[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/914544_Amphibian-Jet_jpgcd3dbf822387866325698e56eb9878d0[/img]


4. Nigerian Invented Helicopter..

www.nairaland.com/attachments/171988_Nigerian_Cobra_jpg48814321fce28d62073e11757df21f8c

5. Nigerian invented Kekemousine..



6. Nigerian Light aircraft that never flew..

[img]http://4.bp..com/-luC7DV3GbaQ/UQZCf9uJbSI/AAAAAAAAdpA/2APACX4avJY/s1600/Nigerian+Build+Plane+1.png[/img]

7. Anambra State University Car..

www.nairaland.com/attachments/955074_Project__jpgd33d06c50359c29c9aea125c9a908b50

8. Nigerian Air-Amphibian-Jet..

[img]http://scienceandtechnologyland.files./2013/01/picture4.png?w=487[/img][/b]

MadCow1:


That Panel cant generate enough power to roll that car for up to 5 feet.

50calibre:


Lool these inventions are an embarrassment to the modern age, they're too backward to even look at twice.

Lots of mad people roaming about in Nigeria, the inventors of these relics should be rounded up and sent to a mental hospital for evaluation, for daring to conceive something like this

To e, the irritating part is when people start saying :Government should finance these projects..


Like DAFUQ!!

esere826:

AJ,
I think Kuntash -'s advice can be unwittingly viewed as two pronged.

From the stance of the first view, you've rightly advocated that that is a government
and not individual's responsibility to devolp a sustainable environment
..however, we know the nigerian government is not that sensible

so in such a circumstance, we could infer the 2nd view:
i.e., that Kuntash is suggesting that
if the innovator wants to succeed and make some livelihood (from innovation)
within the harsh Nigerian environment s/he should concentrate
on innovations that are within our local comprehension and adoption

..for example solar powered phones, solar powered pure water, solar powered bibles and Korans e.t.c

MadCow1:


To e, the irritating part is when people start saying :Government should finance these projects..


DAFUQ!!

50calibre:


There's nothing wrong in trying your hands at something or testing your understanding, but not when it's done at the expense of things of real importance.

What kind of person channels all he's got into a pet project? The guy put in all his money & also got more from his parents to put into that thing. Is that a judicious use of his resources.

I guess the guy isn't aware of the issues you highlighted in your second paragraph, in his mind he probably thinks he's created something innovative, perhaps he needs to acquaint himself with basic reality first.

Look I'm all for creativity & ingenuity but at the same time, I'm all for common sense. That guy looks like he could really use some money, he shouldn't be wasting what he's got on things which serve him no immediate purpose.