Lessons learned? Engineering students set about designing a greener, more durable stove for African villagers

Editor's Note: Students from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering are working in Tanzania to help improve sanitation and energy technologies in local villages. The student-led group , known as Humanitarian Engineering Leadership Projects (HELP), will file dispatches from the field during their trip. This is their eighth blog post for Scientific American. [More]

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Driftwood Cabinetry makes dreams come true

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