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Firstly, in the innovation process, the boy fused pre-existing global knowledge, namely how it can be used to generate energy, with his implicit knowledge of local circumstances in Kasungu. William's innovation could be considered frugal for several reasons. Why is this windmill a Frugal Innovation? Since he lacks resources, he goes to the nearby garbage dump and uses a tractor fan, shock absorber, bicycle frame, and PVC pipe to build a windmill that generates enough energy to pump water from the ground for his family's cornfields. Driven by desperation William starts searching in books for a solution until he comes across the picture of a windmill. The film is based on the true story of a Malawian boy named William Kamkwamba from the Kasungu region who witnesses a terrible drought in 2001. In this blog an attempt is made to illustrate the concept of frugal innovation and its technological solution with an example from the movie The Boy who Harnessed the Wind. However, Frugal innovators aim to develop solutions to problems mostly in environments where certain resources are missing. But often, we find ourselves making things more complicated rather than make things simple, right? This is not only a challenge in daily life, more and more technologists and innovators are dealing with the challenge of simplicity. 'Less is more, less overthinking, less consumption'. Simplicity, a term that has gained a lot of attraction in recent years.
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