This is a fascinating article regarding a man who built a hospital centrifuge from bike parts.
http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-01-09/nigerian-doctor-runs-his-hospital-corn-cobs-and-used-bike-parts
Today is an incredible one for stories. This is a skip to the end version of the post by Paul Salopek today, one of the most moving he has written on his trip.
“Solvatur ambulando,” Diogenes proclaimed: “It is resolved by walking.” But do you actually believe that grief can be walked away? It is like these goddamned tomatoes. Given the hands that picked them for $11 a day, you would think they would be inedible—too bitter to swallow. Toxic with pain. But they aren’t. They are good tomatoes. They taste just fine.
http://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/09/tomatoes/
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