Posts Tagged ‘pump’

Robots in Standby

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
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Estimating how often I had passed by this arrangement of cute robots (water and electricity dispensers) in the train station of Freilassing, where I change trains when commuting to work, lead to a figure in the thousands. Don’t ask me why it took so long until I realised this image. One explanation – the one which I like best – is that photography leads to opening the eyes leads to better photography leads to … You get the picture. It could be that perception can be trained like the biceps.

tube well, batticaloa

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
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this is what i am in sri lanka for: bringing locally adapted low cost technology to improve drinking water supply of the people in need, mainly the poor, low caste, incomplete families. the pump you see here consists of material available in the local hardware store, mainly pvc and metal pipes (pvc to avoid corrosion), a glass marble as vent, tire cutouts as gaskets. our partner emas int. has set up a well drilling school to teach this technology. self-employment at least for some is the way to improve their living conditions, others simply profit from the fail-safe and long-lasting technology.


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