Indian School Girl Creates Washing Machine That Runs Without Electricity
I have conflicted feelings about this.  On the one hand it's nice to see the creativity and spirit, on the other hand it's sad to have to invent solutions for problems we should have stopped having a century ago, where the solution does not free up time for other things.
  http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_...