04:00A disabled inventor in Nigeria is helping his impoverished community by building 'water cookers' made from simple components sourced locally.
Footage captured in Yola on Tuesday shows Mohammed Ayatu, who uses a wheelchair, piecing together one of his innovative appliances and demonstrating how it works.
Ayatu's design is simple yet genius; he mixes water with petrol in a plastic bottle and applies an electrical pulse to the solution. Once charged, the liquid heats to produce a high-pressure gas, which is then ignited with a metal burner to create a flame capable of cooking.
"The water cooker that I invented is just a combination of water and petrol, so there is a quantity of water that I put here and a quantity of petrol, and there is a device I made, and the device is rechargeable," the inventor explained. "It will work for a good ten hours before it needs to be charged again."
According to Ayatu, his main challenges come from financial hardship and a lack of available components.
"Materials are not available; I have to buy them online," he said. "I can buy ten pieces, twenty pieces, but when I am about to request again, the material is not available, so it is giving me a headache."
"I usually buy small. That is the financial problem. If I get the money, I can buy it in a large quantity, and the burner can be a lower price because the more I buy in a larger quantity, it will be a lower price," the inventor continued.
Ayatu's journey began after a life-altering accident in 2016, which left him with a permanent spinal cord injury just three months before his wedding. The Nigerian innovator said his disability has only strengthened his resolve to produce more water cookers.
In addition to the water-based gas cooker, he has developed a rechargeable fan that reportedly provides up to twelve hours of cooling on a two-hour charge and a water heater bucket, which he claims has been utilised by his family for six months without any issues.
Bright spark! Nigerian inventor helps community with his rechargeable 'water cookers'
A disabled inventor in Nigeria is helping his impoverished community by building 'water cookers' made from simple components sourced locally.
Footage captured in Yola on Tuesday shows Mohammed Ayatu, who uses a wheelchair, piecing together one of his innovative appliances and demonstrating how it works.
Ayatu's design is simple yet genius; he mixes water with petrol in a plastic bottle and applies an electrical pulse to the solution. Once charged, the liquid heats to produce a high-pressure gas, which is then ignited with a metal burner to create a flame capable of cooking.
"The water cooker that I invented is just a combination of water and petrol, so there is a quantity of water that I put here and a quantity of petrol, and there is a device I made, and the device is rechargeable," the inventor explained. "It will work for a good ten hours before it needs to be charged again."
According to Ayatu, his main challenges come from financial hardship and a lack of available components.
"Materials are not available; I have to buy them online," he said. "I can buy ten pieces, twenty pieces, but when I am about to request again, the material is not available, so it is giving me a headache."
"I usually buy small. That is the financial problem. If I get the money, I can buy it in a large quantity, and the burner can be a lower price because the more I buy in a larger quantity, it will be a lower price," the inventor continued.
Ayatu's journey began after a life-altering accident in 2016, which left him with a permanent spinal cord injury just three months before his wedding. The Nigerian innovator said his disability has only strengthened his resolve to produce more water cookers.
In addition to the water-based gas cooker, he has developed a rechargeable fan that reportedly provides up to twelve hours of cooling on a two-hour charge and a water heater bucket, which he claims has been utilised by his family for six months without any issues.
A disabled inventor in Nigeria is helping his impoverished community by building 'water cookers' made from simple components sourced locally.
Footage captured in Yola on Tuesday shows Mohammed Ayatu, who uses a wheelchair, piecing together one of his innovative appliances and demonstrating how it works.
Ayatu's design is simple yet genius; he mixes water with petrol in a plastic bottle and applies an electrical pulse to the solution. Once charged, the liquid heats to produce a high-pressure gas, which is then ignited with a metal burner to create a flame capable of cooking.
"The water cooker that I invented is just a combination of water and petrol, so there is a quantity of water that I put here and a quantity of petrol, and there is a device I made, and the device is rechargeable," the inventor explained. "It will work for a good ten hours before it needs to be charged again."
According to Ayatu, his main challenges come from financial hardship and a lack of available components.
"Materials are not available; I have to buy them online," he said. "I can buy ten pieces, twenty pieces, but when I am about to request again, the material is not available, so it is giving me a headache."
"I usually buy small. That is the financial problem. If I get the money, I can buy it in a large quantity, and the burner can be a lower price because the more I buy in a larger quantity, it will be a lower price," the inventor continued.
Ayatu's journey began after a life-altering accident in 2016, which left him with a permanent spinal cord injury just three months before his wedding. The Nigerian innovator said his disability has only strengthened his resolve to produce more water cookers.
In addition to the water-based gas cooker, he has developed a rechargeable fan that reportedly provides up to twelve hours of cooling on a two-hour charge and a water heater bucket, which he claims has been utilised by his family for six months without any issues.