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comp ex o somethi with such a simp e u ctio ,it is st iki , eauti u e e ut y o mea s p etty,it is de icate ut at the same time ou h, a d it iso a ica y a dom ut a so p ecise y o de ed.

These co t asts a e pe haps exp ai ed yTe est ia s u usua situatio as a A icacompa y desi i tech o- ad ets o f st wo dco po atio s which a e so d a ou d the wo d. Theya e a so possi y exp ai ed y the ow s attempt toa swe the questio o what it mea s to e a 21stce tu y A ica .

Fo Wi iam Mase it (at east pa tia y) mea sea i some mo ey maki ow s, which i they

ecome popu a , cou d mea his f st e u a i comeo a o time. Fo othe s, the Fa la s i South

A ica p o ide the cha ce to expe ime t a d makewith eate dexte ity tha e o e. Fo Te est ia itcou d e id i the u etwee thi ki o aa d acti oca whe you e sitti at the a e do A ica.

The idea o emp oyi home ess jo seeke s ikeWi iam to assem e the ow s was se e dipitous

athe tha p a ed, ut has a owed e y ca e uassem y o a de icate p oduct i a way that massp oductio ca ot ep oduce.

The com i atio o i i c ose to the e eme tsa d ha i p e ty o time ca e i e-th eate i

o peop e ike Wi iam. I a othe co text, i a usywo d mome ta i y sick o a tifcia excess, touchithe e eme ts a d ha i e ou h time a e wa m,

ea a d uxu ious. May e some o that wa mth iscaptu ed i the ow s that Wi iam makes.

Its p o a e that the est ow wi ot c eate theew wo d eco omy a d that it may ot e e de t

South A icas towe i u emp oyme t. I home essSouth A ica s make the ow s, they wi sti eshipped a ou d the wo d c eati ca o dioxide;they cu e t y co sist o Ame ica Wa ut that has

a eady made o e e y o t ip.It is possi e that the est ow ep ese ts itt e

a out eauty, wa mth, ea ity o comme cia se se.no ethe ess, the e is sti somethi eauti u a outa idea that y its e y existe ce a ows wea thyco oisseu s o desi ac oss the wo d to choose a

ow made y a ma sitti outside a shack i SouthA ica a d to pay him o the p i i e e.

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a d a 2009 InDEX awa d f a ist. They i e igaute , South A ica.

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He has a isio o the utu e.He e ie es that ou wo d

eed t ha e hu e acto iesmaki mi io s o wid etswhich a e t a spo ted

a ou d the wo d i hu eships a d i to wa ehousesa d t ucks that a spew outsmoke a d ca o . P o .ge she e d says that this

a mi hty expe se to de i ea si e wid et to the sto eshe o the day that wechoose to uy is composedmost y o wasted e e y.

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ei h o s whi i y a ew hu d ed ya ds away ithei ca s.

SHACKS WHErE WIllIAM lIvESI ma y ways, Wi iams sto y ep ese ts thehea tache a d hope ess ess o a most ha o SouthA icas peop e. Whi e ha the popu atio atte d oodschoo s, ea a t ade o aduate om u i e sity a d

o o to com o ta e midd e c ass i es, the othe hais stuck o the w o side o a owi i come ap.Fo e e y sto y o p omise a d hope, o te ecauseo a e ic ngOs ike Tswe ope e which o ma i edWi iams i a e, p ucki its ow eside ts om theu a e d to i e them a ette cha ce, the e is asto y o i compete ce a d ai u e such as the 27,000dys u ctio a schoo s i the cou t y, sti pa a y eda te 14 yea s o democ atic eedom.

The ow s that Wi iam assem es sta ted i e asa sho t co e satio with P o esso nei ge she e du de the ca e ous ass a d stee o Cape Tow ss ick ew Co e tio Ce t e du i the 2007 DesiI da a co e e ce. P o esso ge she e d u s theCe t e o bits a d Atoms at the MassachusettsI stitute o Tech o o y. A ea ded ma with a ush o

ayi ack hai , nei is a co sta t a e o e e ya d i te i e ce, att i utes that co t i uted to his

ei amed o e o the P ospect/FP top 100 pu ici te ectua s i the wo d.

He has a isio o the utu e. He e ie es that ouwo d eed t ha e hu e acto ies maki mi io s owid ets which a e t a spo ted a ou d the wo d ihu e ships a d i to wa ehouses a d t ucks that aspew out smoke a d ca o . P o . ge she e d saysthat this a mi hty expe se to de i e a si e wid etto the sto e she o the day that we choose to uyis composed most y o wasted e e y. He says i his

ook, FAb, a d i his popu a ta k o www.ted.com

that i stead o t a spo ti to s o matte a ou dthe wo d we shou d simp y t a spo t the i o matio

ecause that t a e s a ou d the wo d i a mi iseco da d at a most o cost.

This isio is e capsu ated i the te m pe so aa icato , which nei uses to desc i e the utu e

i e tio that wi make this a possi e. You o I wisit at home, o de a p oduct o i e a d a ca i et-si ed machi e i the aseme t wi make it o us

e o e ou eyes.This tech o o y is at the mai ame sta e o

de e opme t acco di to P o . ge she e d a d justas some peop e o ce said that the e was o use o ape so a compute , it may e ha d to e ie e that wewi o e day each ow a pe so a a icato .

TErrESTrIAl IS DEvElOPIng AbrAnDlInE OF PrODUCTS CAllED nEST.To p ototype the idea, P o . ge she e d has c eatedo e 60 a icatio a o ato ies a ou d the wo d,i c udi i South A ica. These Fa la s a e c ude

e sio s o the pe so a a icato co sisti o aoom u o ase cutte s, mic o mi i machi es,

p asma cutte s a d so o . A y pe so ca wa k io the st eet, ea a itt e CAD so twa e a d sta tmaki thi s.

What P o . ge she e d has ee ooki o is away to comme cia i e the wo k o the Fa la s sothat the p ototypi o his isio o the utu e ca o

eyo d tech ica easi i ity a d i to the comme ciaea m. That p ompted the team at Te est ia , a

i dust ia desi compa y, to desi p oducts thatcou d e made i a y Fa la a d so d a ou d thewo d. I success u , a ood ca didate wou d e a eto e made at the Fa la c osest to the custome thato de ed it.

The pecu ia ity o this task was t ost o Te est iawhose dai y wo k co sists most y o desi itech o o ica ad ets o a e mu ti atio a s ikeMoto o a, Phi ips a d Mitsu ishi; thi s ike di itapocket adios, mo i e pho e headsets a d emoteco t o s. Despite ot ei k ow o c eatideco ati e home wa es o a p o o o asis, the Pra u e o wo ki with MIT a d the cha ce to u ishthe a tistic side o the po t o io he d sway.

The f st esu t is the deco ati e woode ow madey Wi iam Mase that so capti ated the expe ts

o th ee co ti e ts. It is co st ucted om ase cutpieces o wood which a e i te aced to c eate theimp essio o a i ds est. Whe ho di the p oduct,o e is awa e o se e a appa e t co t adictio s: it is

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