Necessity, they say, is the mother of all inventions. In a country like Nigeria, where epileptic power supply continues to be a major issue, generators and other
alternatives sources of power have become a necessity.
Which is why Ayokunle
Adeniran’s invention so ground breaking.
Adeniran, who is a graduate of Mechanical
Engineering from Covenant University, has
invented a “nepaless” iron*; a pressing iron
that does not run on electricity. Rather, this
gadget utilizes cooking (butane) gas;
cartridges which will retail for about N120
per canister. There are 6 canisters per
cartridge; one cartridge is claimed to last for
about 2 weeks worth of daily ironing, or 40
pieces of clothing.
According to sources, Adeniran currently
works as an Engineer with a Queens, New
York based firm. A working prototype of the
nepaless iron does exist, albeit bulky, but it
is yet to be mass produced.
A crowdfunding campaign , with a target
N20 million, appears to have been setup to
make mass production possible. However, as
of this publication, the fund raising seems to
have been put on hold or suspended for
unclear reasons.
This is a developing story.
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