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Editorial Board Editor In Chief

Eyinda Samuel
Editor In Chief
Obiko Edward
Managing Director
Samo Obanda
Associate Editor
Angela Hiuhu
Associate Editor
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I ’m impressed
by the feedback
we have got from
best technological journals in the region.
The student engineer was not the only
good thing happening to the school of
our readers, both engineering. The fabrication laboratory
the criticism and also landed. Situated at the ground floor
the encouragement of the mechanical engineering depart-
are indications of ment until otherwise decided, Fablab is
a general accep- expected to offer a great practical learn-
tance. For the past ing experience in engineering fabrica-
one year that the current editorial board tion. Read on about it on our feature story.
has been in office, ranks have been broken I extend my heartfelt appreciation to all
and links created, Norms ignored and new those who have made this edition a suc-
rules put in place, all to come up with your cess; our sponsors for their unwavering
current Student Engineer Journal. As we, support and members of the editorial
the outgoing editorial board, celebrate our board for their hard work and dedica-
third and final edition as a sign of how far tion. Special thanks to Eng. Archie
the journal has come, the new team has McCorkindale and finally congratu-
no alternative but to focus on the future. lations to our readers, because with-
The core function of the journal has remained out you, it would not have happened.
linkage between the students, lecturers and
the industrialists. The extent by which this Enjoy the April-June issue of
has been achieved is for you the readership to the Student Engineer.
decide. It’s however with much pleasure that
I wish to inform that our efforts have won Eyinda M. Samuel
us recognition as not only the best student
journal in Eastern Africa but also among the
Send in feedback via studentengineer@ymail.com
In This Issue
Nyao Car, Again?
News Ericsson Career Day
Pascal Katana - Inventor 6
Profile Interview With David Svarre The
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C.E.O Of Digital Age Institute
Feature Fablab 11
Editorial Microsoft S2B 14
Regulars
Your Say 5
Engineering Woman 10
Student Activities 20
Arts 22
Pictorial 25
“The Fablab Is To Hard-
ware What Open Source Is
To Software”- Neil Gersh-
enfield, Page 13

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A s
From The Dean
I look back to the humble beginnings of this magazine, I must appreciate and commend the strides that have
been made towards bringing about the improvements that have been achieved. Someone made a statement to the ef-
fect that “if you want to hide something from Kenyans, put it in print”. The implication of this statement is that many
Kenyans do not read! I cannot vouch for the truth of this statement; however it is my desire and hope that this mag-
azine will carry such articles that will inspire us to keep reading it. This is indeed a serious challenge for the edito-
rial board, but looking at what has been done, I would like to believe that the board is up to the job. I would like to
see issues brought up in the magazine that inspire “upcoming engineers” to think and dream innovation and enterprise
as we focus on the “vision 2030”. Let this magazine be the medium through which the aspirations for the future can
be ventilated; who knows, some ideas may take root and bear fruit for the betterment of the lives of wananchi.

The Inbox
Prof. Patts M. A. Odira

W hats up the student engineer? Big up for the good job you have been doing in keeping the students abreast of the industry
happenings. I however wish to take issue with some of your articles. To be particular the article on on Mau Forest and the electric
car in your previous issue. One cant help realizing that this is some bunch of downloaded material from the Internet. My honest
opinion is that you should advise your writers to employ some originality in their writing.
Kelvin Omolo
Mechanical engineering 2nd year.
I agree that some of the articles you read have partly been phished from the internet. The internet is a vast source of
information through which some of our writers come across this information and interpret it on our journal. We chal-
lenge you to also contribute to the better content to avoid this sort of dilution.

T he excellent job being done by the editorial board of the student engineer journal can not pass unmentioned. I have read your
last two editions and I cant wait to see whats on the pink column of the Engineering woman in your next edition. I suggest that
you go a step further and include female Engineers in your interview section. Keep up the good job!
Victoria Bwatuti
Electrical engineering 4rth year.

C ongratulations the student engineer for being true to the students and always delivering on time your editions of the journal.
I however think that your journal does not give a balanced coverage across all the five departments at the school of engineering.
Massive coverage seems to be awarded to the departments of Electrical and Bio systems while the other departments get not more
than one page. Please look in to that.
Ng'ethe samuel,
Geospatial and Space Technology 5th year.
The issue of balance has bugged us through the last three editions. We wish to call upon the students to help us fix this
once and for all. This is a student journal and 60% of what is published comes from the students. It is your responsibil-
ity as students to send in articles to be featured for your respective departments.

Iindividual
have been thrilled by the writer of Civil Engineering articles in your last two editions. One gets a feeling that including such an
in a policy making position will set things on track for our country. I look forward to his next piece and kudos to the
student engineer journal for providing a platform on which to air these crucial matters.
Ouso J. A.,
Civil Engineering 3rd year.

Iskillshopeamong
your publication is still going strong. Food for thought: How do we use the publication to ‘increase interest in technology
the youth? Hope to read from you.
G.P. Kalerwa, National Council for Science and Technology
Thank you for the enquiry Mr. Kalerwa. What we have been doing is highlighting success stories of the few youth
who’ve gone the technology path. It is our hope and desire that these stories will inspire the youth towards the same
path. We are however open to suggestions from your side.
Send your feedback via studentengineer@ymail.com

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Sine Qua Non
K
Samo
ierkegaard once noted, “If you take
paradox away from a thinker, you will get a professor.”
S
o sine qua non.
A new world order is in the offing, a new world order.
A world where ‘open’ is the new safety on the trigger,
a world of enlightenment, and a world akin to Delac-
roix’s 1830 masterpiece; liberty leading mankind. Step
aside Napoleon, Hello Revolution and yet sine qua non.
The Curious case of Benjamin within me was
awakened when I came across footage of Sarah Palin Miss
Drill Baby Drill, yes the one who held the trigger finger
last year when it came to Energy issues for The Republi-
can Party giving a speech on how Alaska has been affected
by the rush for oil by Blood Hungry Oil Companies, excuse
the non-existent pun. Politics, people is a fool’s mouthpiece.
Yet, we politic, it’s the Unofficial National Sport.
It’s like cocaine and we are Coca Cola before it was banned,
it spews forth from our every crevice. We live for it, we
need it, and with some really misplaced logic in play we
think that, that is development. Then a new obsession, this
thing called ‘Vision 2030’. A vision led by politicians who
believe Globalization is going Western, introduce Harrods
to Nairobi and alas! We are civilized and yet sine qua non.
Immanuel Kant defined enlightenment as man’s emergence
from his self-imposed immaturity. Enlightenment, the sore
ingredient missing, the ability to think for ourselves-without
a Western power dangling AID over our heads, the ability
to choose a Political Brass that is able to quit and go home
because we failed you. I’m one of those people who have
given up voting in 2012-just the question of which Mon-
key to back has the more-comic-half-of-me in stitches.
I’m worried, terribly worried. Do you feel it?
I feel like a stick in the mud awake to the Circus choir
singing from the green grass just…just inches away. I
can feel it. When they speak about change, I don’t be-
lieve it. The longest serving opposition to Govern-
ment rule has always been The Universities. Why?
Not because of numbers, not because of the leader-
ship but because of knowledge. An enlightened bunch we
are, way above the filth that is a game played between the
haves and the have-nots. Or were we? They say we are a
product of our time, higher breaths than I would shiver at
that observation-I mean Mahatma Gandhi grew up in a time
of British Oppression but he didn’t make that the status quo.
So status quo ante right?
If so then how is it we are still fed on a curriculum that is so
passed by time, time passed us again. Where are the tools to
make it in this World right now? How is it that our Education
system feeds into making us appropriate for only the existing
industries? Hello Safaricom, B.A.T, Zain, EABL. In a 3rd
World Country whose next move is dependent on AID, do
you see the fallacy? Why is it that the people who have de-
Your Say
fined our time, the peo-
ple who generations af-
ter us will remember all
dropped out of school?
Bill Gates, Richard
Branson, Mark Zucker-
berg of Facebook fame.
They have redefined our
era, but how? More fun-
damentally, why? Why?
Cue Mutula Ki-
lonzo, former Minister
for Nairobi and The Met-
ropolitan Area, talking
in such verbose about
Electric trains and Har-
rods. Cue The Minister
for Energy hosting a one
week Conference asking for ideas to deal with the then Energy
Crisis. Anyone in the know understands that we don’t have the ca-
pacity to run an Electric train, but it makes such imagination full
fodder for all the hapless parrots out there waiting to politicize.
We have KEMRI, KARI and a million others but there doesn’t
exist A Research and Development Foundation for Engineering,
so what do we do-let’s get ideas from the common mwananchi
and create a committee to deal with it. Yippee! As Mutahi Ngu-
nyi once quipped, a camel is a horse created by a committee. All
we need is one man, just one and yet not a man- An institution.
I am heavily reminded by Thoreau’s words, any man who
believes he is more right than his neighbor constitutes a majority
of one. Then the question, did you know Adolf Hitler used the
same words to justify killing the Jews. Then in this moment I am
Adolf Hitler, I think I am more right than the Sesame Street char-
acters we have as leaders. I as Adolf Hitler believe that we are just
too lazy to solve our problems. We need a new class of criminals.
We need individuals who are –2050-compliant, individu-
als like the ones behind The Fuel Documentary who ask the ques-
tion, what if you took a 30 storey building in the Nairobi CBD
and instead planted crops in it. What would happen? How can we
apply the concept of freeism that’s behind Google and Facebook
to build our country, individuals who understand that globaliza-
tion is not westernization and that in Tokyo, the hedges are tea not
flowers. That we need to embrace Nuclear energy as South Africa
did and went Nuclear in 1958. Individuals who don’t only blow
hot air up my backside because they will mess up my autopsy!
Sine qua non-I have no alternative. I’ve gone through
a whole set of tantrums as I wrote this article, wasting a min-
ute of my time on politics followed by loathing of myself
and the status quo, having to sit as Adolf Hitler for one para-
graph and then finally resigning to my ultimate fate: futil-
ity. The futility that this is Africa and nothing is ever going
to change, and what do they mean by change-exchange one
bald man for another. I give up, maybe and yet sine qua non.
I have no alternative.
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Highlights News
Is The future killings alleged to have been carried
out by this unit motioned the demon-
Ericsson Graduates
strators to chanting the now clarion call Recruitment,
Really that has been echoed by members of
Civil Society, “Ali Must Go!”. Ericsson Kenya held their
Here Major General Hussein Ali is
the Police Commissioner of the
first graduate recruitment fair at the
Sarit Centre expo hall on the 14th of
Kenya Police. May 2009. This program being held for

O n the 10th
of March 2009,
They took the opportunity to
also voice their protest on the
the first time in Kenya but a regular in
other countries where the company is
well established brought together over
students of the several issues that have tainted 1000 graduating students from dif-
University of the 'Grand Coalition's' gover- ferent colleges and universities in the
Nairobi held a nance of the state.
demonstration
across the Central Contrary to the history of
Business District in protest of the SONU (Students' Organization of Nai-
murders of Oscar Kamau King’ara and robi University) demonstrations, this
John Paul Oulu (GPO, a student) of the one was a relatively peaceful protest
Oscar Foundation that took place right save for the few incidents by rogue
in the campus grounds. These murders demonstrators towards the end of the
march.

are alleged to be linked to the Mungiki
Sect and are also alleged to have been
committed by a unit of the police force.
This among many other extra-judicial
We -and I believe
I speak with the
majority of the
student population-
are deeply unsatis-
fied by the actions
of our political
leaders under
whose author-
ity we placed our
beloved country only to be damned by
tales of grand corruption, impunity and
even murder!
country. The students were educated on
various functional units of the Ericsson
company and later given internship ap-
plication forms. The aim was to recruit
15 graduates to join the company. The
event was officially opened by the Min-
ister for Information and Communica-
tion Hon. Samuel Poghisio, who called
upon other companies in the country to
emulate ericsson’s example and provide
Jobs for the youth.

Nyayo Car? Again?

construct an Electric Vehicle. For
those of you who missed this, De
Uitvinders(The Inventors Foun-
dation – Netherlands) in conjuc-
tion with Development Through
Media (DTM) and the University
of Nairobi, among others, are col-
laborationg in the production of a
Film, The Inventors – The African
Race (previously aka The Inventors
begin the 'ambitious' pro-ject to convert
to an Electric Vehicle, a 1985 Subaru-
Leone 1800 GLF (donated by a spon-
sor- pictured below).
Although this project never
took off, Dr. K. Gachigi, a Lecturer at
the Faculty, has seen this as a provi-
dential opportunity to jump-start it. As
the Patron of the WAZA Platform, he is
key to facilitating the projects' co-ordi-

N
ow that the School of Engi-
neering is host to the Make Anything
Yoy Want outfit – the Fab Lab- the first
major undertaking is going to be one to
come to Africa).
Our task as the University of
Nairobi and more specifically as the
WAZA Platform in this film is to see
the actualization of the Electric Vehicle
around which the synopsis of the film
is based. The School of Mechanical
Engineering some years ago wanted to
nation with The University and also the
wondrous facilities of the new FabLab.
You can follow the progress log on
Edward Obiko's Blog at http://omin-
goobiko.blogspot.com

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IEK Dinner Dance
This years IEK annual dinner
dance went down traditionally at the
Intercontinental Hotel with a massive
student representation from the Univer-
sity of Nairobi, school of engineering.
The event was addressed by among
others the Chairman of the Institution
of Engineers of Kenya, Eng. Francis
Ngokonyo and the Assistant Minister
for Roads, Hon. Lee Kinyanjui. Despite
their massive presence the student fra-
ternity was however left out from the
program. This raised questions on the
connection between student engineers
and the country’s main engineering
body.
Laptop And Phone Track-
ing Device
A Kenyan company, East
African Data Handlers claims to have
developed software to track a stolen
laptop or mobile phone. The ujanja
tracking technology is installed on a
laptop hard disk or incorporated in a
phone firmware. The new technology
employs GPRS over existing GSM
mobile phone service operators. The
lap top tracker is said to indicate the
location of the laptop whenever the
thief connects to the internet. The
phone, on the other side, will notify the
owner (on an alternative line provided
earlier) as soon as the thief changes
their phone no. the information you
get on the alternative line is the new
number inserted in your phone. Several
questions, however, arise such as what
News
if the chief formatted the hard disk of
the laptop and who pays for the texts
you receive notifying you when a new
line is inserted in your stolen phone.
Career Talks
S tudent associations stepped
up their efforts in the linkage of the stu-
dents to the industry. This was evident
from the increased number of career
talks including two mini career days
in the past year. In December 2008,
EIC(Electronics and ICT Club) orga-
nized the first ever engineering career
day that featured Jamii Telcom, Comtec
Networks, Power Technics and Stan-
dard Chartered Bank. ESA followed
suit organizing a joint career Talk
session in April 2009 that feature Eng.
Wanjohi and the Business incubate pro-
gram. On various occasions the Dean,
School of Engineering has applauded
these efforts acknowledging them as
a means of keeping the students in the
know.
Highlights
THE CCK PUBLIC LEC-
TURE ON CONSUMER
EDUCATION
T he Electronics and ICT
Club on 20th may 2009 hosted
the Communications Commission of
Kenya at the Exhibition Hall (JKML)
for a public lecture on consumer pro-
tection in the ICT industry. The event
was open to the general public and
was attended by among other lectur-
ers, Dr. Gakuru Mucemi the Patron of
the Electronics and ICT Club. Before
the start of the talks, interested persons
had a chance to be guided through the
application of internships to Microsoft
partners through the WECA portal.
WHY THE FISHERMAN
WILL THANK THE
STUDENT ENGINEER
Pascal katana, a fourth year student
at the department of electrical and
information engineering developed
an electronic trap that lures fish into
there captivity. The trap employs
amplification; amplifying the sound
made by fish while feeding, and GPRS/
GSM signaling; upon the fishing net’s
weight reaching a set figure, a signal is
triggered automatically through an em-
bedded mobile phone to a designated
number. This alerts the fishermen with
the number indicating the positioning
of the fish.
Katana, now popularly known as the
inventor presented the project at the na-
tional scientific conference in Nairobi’s
KICC.
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Interview
Samo Engineer Profile
David Svarre
C.E.O.
Digital Age Insti-

T
tute
he Japs have an old say-
ing, “A man is the room he is in.”Well,
they never met David Svarre, C.E.O. of
Digital Age institute, co-founder and
Director of Scandinavian Computer
Recruitment. Raison d’être? Read on.

Allow me to digress, there’s an

old movie from the early 90’s starring
Sean Connery-the epitome of the Bond
Movies and Wesley Snipes, with a huge-
ly Japanese cast. Wesley the resident de-
tective and Sean Connery the detective
brought in by the Japanese Mogul to in-
vestigate a murder in his house. A classic
movie. How’s this relevant you ask and
why am I so Japanese-fascinated you ask?

This is me, walking from

the Alliance Francaise to View Park
Towers, squeezed into an eleva-
tor and out of nervousness or maybe
to calm them, I decide to count the the obvious fact that I got married here.
floors. We stop at the 16th . I’m fif-
The interview begins; I ask “Everyone
teen minutes late, what an impression! S: I n a 3rd World Country like Ken-
here calls you Davie?”
ya, where parts of the country are
He walks in: David Svarre. famine stricken and we live an a la
D: I believe in equality, whoever you
Easy going, good looking (obviously tapeworm life-AID. Do you think
are...Whether Cleaner or Manager,
no Sean Connery), with deep-set eyes it’s prudent to invest in Software De-
fundamentally we are equal and it’s
an inquisitive natural look and maybe velopment or should we focus more
that logic that fuels a winning en-
in a more magical world with bad eye- on the vivid problems around us?
terprise like Digital Age Institute.
sight and rimmed specks he would be
Harry Potter. Now, it wouldn’t occur D: The answer to that is simple. Let’s
S: Philosophical. O.K. Why Ke-
to you straight off the bat that he has a look at the obvious; you have a hand-
nya? The whole world out
First Degree in Electrical Engineering set. I have one. Everywhere you look
there, why come to Kenya?
from Denmark (he is Danish married there is one. Kenya imports millions of
to a Kenyan lady) has a second degree phones every year, that is billions spent
D: I first came to Kenya in 1997, it hap-
in Technomics, he got into Software at on buying original software. Software on
pens that in at the turn of the century
15 writing programs on his laptop and phones either Samsung Nokia Siemens,
Denmark imported expatriates from
has spent his adult life in the software you name it. If on principle we decided to
Kenya to solve the Y2K crisis in the
industry. Currently he is C.E.O. of invest in developing our own software,
banking industry. “Why Kenya?” Apart
Digital Age Institute which doubles as Kenya would make more hard currency
from the fact that Kenya was penned to
both a B.P.O. (Business Process Out- and invest it in developing this nation.
be one of the five countries in Africa
sourcing outfit) and a college offer-
that would be technology hub, there is
ing courses in Software Development. S: What do you think of the true Soft-

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ware development level in Kenya, and
are companies excited to use Kenyan
Software development companies too?
D: There are roughly 4000 Software de-
velopers in Kenya, only 400 know what
they are doing. We need to change that;
we should have at least 16000 Software
developers who know what they are do-
ing. On the second question, Kenyan
companies are some of our biggest cli-
ents. They appreciate and understand
the need for a cohesive relationship.
S: As a B.P.O. Pre-fibre optic cable.
How does this affect your company’s
revenue margin?
D: Software development is not heavily
or entirely dependent on speeds or band-
width, our business model is such that
whereas call centers are expensive due
to Satellite connectivity, we don’t have
such expenses and it gives us a way
out to focus on earning Hard currency.
S: Tell us about Digital Age the college?
D: Originally, we knew we wanted to set
up a Software Development Center in
Kenya. So in 2004 we did the surveys,
in 2005 we had a location that happened
to be View Park Towers. Strategically,
we were confident. We had envisioned a
World Class center that offered Software
creation at the highest International plane
possible and also coupled as a B.P.O.
S: Successes?
D: Digital Age has come a long way but
the most straight forward indicator of our
successes is our students. Once they have
a certificate from Digital Age the market
can’t wait to swallow up our students.
S: Software is ever changing, how do you
keep up, how do you make sure your cur-
riculum is relevant and that your students
are at the fore-front of this information?
D: We monitor new technology al-
ways before implementing a curricu-
lum. “We don’t teach just because it is
new.” Our curriculum is revised on av-
erage annually and often pegged on the
City & Guilds curriculum. Also, in this
Global village, any High Educations
Board has a moral obligation to keep
an eye out for new technology, those
that succumb to the inertia of not revis-
ing their curriculum will be severely
punished by an ever googling world.
Digital Age makes sure you get the best.
As I conclude and we fade into
important tips on Entrepreneurship and
David’s well calculated look on life, I’m
sucked back into passing realms of that
old movie. Call it bad déjà vu, but I feel
like Wesley Snipes listening and learning
from the older wiser and graying Sean
Connery. From David’s views of busi-
ness, his tech savvy look and the way
he articulates his ideas. His courtesy, in-
sight, smarts, the respect well aligned in
his voice. Core themes to both the mov-
ie and the Japanese way of life. I sud-
denly remember the name of that movie.
The Rising Sun. It wouldn’t be too tacky
to call him The Rising San would it?
(San-Jap for Mr.)

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Femme
Angela Hiuhiu

B Engineering Woman
ack in primary school, during
my physical education lesson my class teacher welcome to hold me on this; in the next two going three
took the liberty of teaching us an iota on self years we will have a re-engineered female version of
defense. Then, I rolled my eyes and in my head Bill Gates or better still a relentless Wangari Maathai.
I was at loss of words “What is he trying out?” You are probably laughing in contempt thinking that
On retrospect, he must have understood the am being an illusionist. I do realize that this will take
consequences of lack of defense. If any woman time and if you hold your breathe you might choke but
has not been hit by the latest moving “bug” I guarantee you of not having a cardiac arrest.
called independent craze, there is no need to
worry. Sources claim its speed of infection is I urge all engineering women to break all
higher than that of any Kenyan teenager aping boundaries hindering their success and exploit their tal-
a preferred image of an icon in the music or ents. We should not be easily contented with raw deals.
Hollywood industry. As we take over the Engineering in future making it
trendy to be no longer considered as a course reserved
On the flip side, its anti-bug needs no for the geeks and nerdy, learning its art and producing
download or constant upgrading and as a mat- craft that blows the public away beyond measures let it
ter of fact it’s quite easy to come along. Luck- be done wisely.
ily for us we have FIDA that fiercely combats
this anti-bug. In law it’s said that ignorance is Nothing is more hilarious than an intellect
no excuse. FIDA has taken the bulls by its horn woman who is not wise.
and laid it all out for the women to compre- Lest its forgotten, we Engineering women are moving
hend their rights as well as empowering them at a speed of agitated bulls that just spotted a red cloth!
on different ways of defense. By FIDA doing
so, they changed the perception of sorting dif-
ferences through fighting or verbal exchange
of words.
Everyone agrees with me that the statement
education is the key to success or anything to
that effect is the most repetitive line in any
family as we grew up through our education
period. Then again what is knowledge without
wisdom?

Each Engineering woman is striving

for independence as we pursue this course. In
the heart of it all let’s not forget what makes
us a woman and not the opposite. We need to
learn where not to cross the line in attempt of
proving our independence. It’s not sufficient to
be just independent, we are expected to further
balance our emotions and make wise decisions
in all that we do.

As we women take Engineering to

higher levels in the future of no collapsing
dams, no evolving of potholes minutes after
re-carpeting roads among other aspects, it will
take more than just being called Doctor Pro-
fessor Engineer Angela Hiuhu. Let the future
engineering works always have a finer femi-
nine touch from us women and regain the lost
public trust.

We women need to work simultane-

ously with the men earning respect from them
based on our efforts and merit. Anyone is

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A n earlier Princi-
pal Voice, Muhammad Yunus,

Fab Lab
transformed the economics of
development through micro-
finance, making investment
accessible to grass-roots en-
trepreneurs. Rather than big

businesses arriving top-down
from global corporations or
investors, microfinance allows
large numbers of small busi-
nesses to be driven bottom-up
by local dreams and demands.
There will not be a better op-
portunity to be at the Faculty
of Engineering, University of
Nairobi, than the one we are
about to realize with the ar-
rival of the much anticipated
Fabrication Laboratory. It is
our chance to literally make
almost anything!
Let me save you the 'pep-
talk' and delve straight into what
you have probably been asking.
What is the Fab Lab?
The Fab Lab is basically
a collection of tools and equip-
ment that leverage the power of
Digital Fabrication Techniques
in the hands of the average inno-
vative mind. They bridge digital
divide that is a gap between
mainstream industrial produc-
tion facilities and the small scale
entrants. Say, for instance, creat-
ing a simple mechanical replace-
ment part for a broken machine
should not cost you the price of
the machine if it were pssible to
fabricate a replacement. With the
Fab Lab equipment, it is not only
possible to fabricate parts from
Arrives...
different materials but also to
invent, design and create whole
machines. One goal of the Fab
Lab is to be able to create an-
other Fab Lab from itself!
Fab labs share core
capabilities so that projects can
be shared across them. This cur-
rently includes:
-A computer-controlled laser-
cutter, for press-fit assembly of
3D structures from 2D parts
-A larger (4'x8') numerically-
controlled milling machine, for
making furniture- (and house-)
sized parts
-A signcutter, to produce print-
ing masks, flexible circuits, and
antennas
-A precision (micron resolution)
milling machine to make three-
dimensional molds and surface-
mount circuit boards
-Programming tools for low-cost
high-speed embedded proces-
sors.
These work with com-
ponents and materials optimized
for use in the field, and are
controlled with custom software
for integrated design, manufac-
turing, and project management.
This inventory is continuously
evolving, towards the goal of a
fab lab being able to make a fab
lab.
Fab labs provide wide-
spread access to modern means
for invention. They began as
an outreach project from MIT's
Center for Bits and Atoms
(CBA). CBA assembled mil-
lions of dollars in machines for
research in digital fabrication,
ultimately aiming at develop-
ing programmable molecular
assemblers that will be able to
make almost anything. Fab labs
fall between these extremes,
comprising roughly fifty thou-
sand dollars in equipment and
materials that can be used today
to do what will be possible with
tomorrow's personal fabricators.
Fab labs have spread from
inner-city Boston to rural India,
from South Africa to the North
of Norway, and now Kenya.
Activities in fab labs range from
technological empowerment to
peer-to-peer project-based tech-
nical training to local problem-
solving to small-scale high-tech
business incubation to grass-
roots research.

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Feature
provide global access to capi-
tal and markets for businesses
incubated in fab labs, and a Fab
Academy is being accredited
for distributed degree programs
taught in the labs.
Launching a new fab lab re-
quires assembling enough of the
hardware and software inven-
tory to be able to share people
and projects with other fab labs,
posting the Fab Charter to pro-
vide context for doing that, and
contacting fab-info@cba.mit.
edu to be added to the fab lab
network.
Illustration 1: Equipment at Fablab in Uon. Clockwise, Laser Cutter, Vynil Cutter, High Intensity Microwave
Oven and Fab Computers

Projects being developed

and produced in fab labs include
solar and wind-powered tur-
bines, thin-client computers and
wireless data networks, analyti-
cal instrumentation for agri-
culture and healthcare, custom
housing, and rapid-prototyping
of rapid-prototyping machines.

Along with sharing tools,

fab labs share rights and respon-
sibilities expressed in the Fab
Charter. The current hardware
specification (~$50k equipment Illustration 2 Modella, a small scale milling machine
and ~$10k materials) are freely
available at http://fab.cba.mit.
edu/about/fab/inv.html and soft-
ware at http://fab.cba.mit.edu/
about/fab/

For assistance with or-

dering, installation, training, and
process and project development
MIT participates in selected part-
nerships. However, to scale sup-
port for these functions fab labs
are increasingly being organized
in regional networks, globally
coordinated by a Fab Foundation
being established in Norway.
Along with the Fab Foundation, Illustration 3, Lego Electronics Kit for WAZA Outreach Program
a Fab Fund is being launched to

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FAB LABS AROUND

THE WORLD

By Mark Jewell, Associated Press

BOSTON — When Makeda Ste-

phenson compared flight simu-
lator games sold in computer
stores and didn't find anything
she liked, she didn't stop there.
The 13-year-old used a set of NAME: Neil Gershenfeld
computer-controlled manufactur- PROFESSION: Director of the Center for Bits and Atoms at the Massachusetts Institute
ing tools at a community center of Technology (MIT)
to make her own simulator — Professor Neil Gershenfeld is director of the Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) at MIT.
CBA pioneered the concept of fab labs: high-tech, low-cost workshops equipped with
one that lets her "fly" an airplane the tools to make almost anything.
of her design over an alien planet
born of her imagination.
very deep," said Neil Gershen- security system that photographs
In a room filled with computers
feld, an MIT physicist and com- anyone coming near the owner's
and tabletop-sized manufactur-
puter scientist whose is among private writings — say, a nosey
ing equipment, Stephenson cre-
the movement's chief propo- brother. And an MIT student cre-
ated a pilot's control yoke with
nents. "Somehow it goes back to ated something called "Scream-
motion sensors she fashioned
nest-building, or mastering your Body" — a backpack-sized
from a melange of old electronic
own environment. wearable air chamber into which
toys and parts.
"There's sort of this deep thing someone can voice a muffled
A computer program Stephenson
inside that most people don't scream in a public place. The
wrote with help from a Mas-
express that comes tumbling out scream is recorded for subse-
sachusetts Institute of Technol-
when they get access to these quent "release" in private.
ogy students guides the plane's
tools," he said. MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms
movements on her computer
Fab Lab output can be practical, began setting up Fab Labs three
screen.
or whimsical. years ago as free community
She did it all through a teen
Herders in northern Norway resources, using part of a $12.5
learning program at one of seven
erected a telecommunications million National Science Foun-
so-called Fabrication Labs that
network to track their sheep's dation grant and local financing.
MIT has established in places as
wanderings with radio antennas
distant as Norway and Ghana.
and electronic tags. Open-source software and
Each lab has tool sets that, cost-
In India, farmers created mea- MIT-written programs control
ing about $25,000, would be out
surement tools to ensure a safe the devices, machining parts to
of the reach of most fledgling
milk supply and measure fat tolerances that once could be
inventors.
Advocates of such “In a sense, content, and women
found a way to scan and
achieved only using equipment
costing hundreds of thousands of
"Fab Labs" think they this is like print carved wooden dollars.
have the potential
to vastly expand the opensource blocks used for a local
kind of embroidery. In a
Citizen inventors with only
modest technical expertise swap
creative powers of software, but separate project, villag- ideas with counterparts at other
tinkerers and usher in
a revolution in do-it- for hardware”
ers designed small LED Fab Labs around the world by
lights for use in areas electronically sharing design
yourself design and
lacking electricity. blueprints or going to a Fab Lab
manufacturing that can empower
Villagers in Ghana, meanwhile, website that offers project ideas.
even the smallest of communi-
harnessed solar power to make "In a sense, this is like open-
ties.
electricity and cook food rather source software, but for hard-
"If you give people access and
than relying on firewood. ware," Gershenfeld said.
means to solve their own prob-
On the fanciful front, a teenage
lems, it touches something very,
girl in Boston created a diary

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Samo

Garry Kasparov
growth in Africa, companies in Kenya,
South Africa, Nigeria and to a lesser ex-
munication, downsizing their revenues
and what everyone thought would be a
V
F
tent Tanzania, are hard at work investing huge splash in the sea, left a lot of inves-
in the new technology. Let’s play some tors in the red. It is obviously expected
chess… Garry Kasparov (satellite)-the that satellite will change their strategy,
orget about them for a second, world’s leading chess player for the last from currently switching African traffic
now- 21 years to-let’s call him Vladimir Putin out of Europe to moving their teleports
Fibre optics, fibre optics, fibre optics. (Fibre), the new kid on the block. Game? to Africa, where their will act as a back-
Everyone is yelling out- fibre optics! haul for inter country and rural connec-
I mean, last year both Obama and Mc- FIBRE’S MOVE: tivity, utilizing the submarine cables for
Cain in the Primary Debates equated If the hype in the literacy cor- their long - haul international capacity.
availability of Bandwidth in the U.S. ridors, the constant talk of B.P.O’s and
to a right. With such verbose, I’d think the question mark in our eyes when Na- SATELLITE’S MOVE:
it was. kumatt went 24 hours are anything to Despite this, satellite corpo-
write home about, then the public is ful- rations do not seem to be fazed by the
What about satellite, what happens ly aware of the potential of Fibre Optics. potential threat brought on by cables.
when fibre and satellite go head – to It is common knowledge that Alcatel This is highly reminiscent of when
head to feed a continent of new applica- – Lucent has deployed various subma- Richard Branson’s Virgin tried to start
tions, people and Governments hungry rine cables throughout the world, two of a soft drink Company in Coca Cola’s
for bandwidth? You’ve seen them, out- which are in South America and Asia. backyard-The US. They had the same
side Campus, around the corner, men in It can also be seen that with broadband reaction till Virgin started making
yellow clad digging up the trenches, yes in particular, fibre is the more popular some real gains and Coca Cola set up
- fiber optic cables and maybe you have solution. Entrepreneurs are making the a SWAT team to deal with them. R.I.P.
heard of gestation
satellites. Have you?
So what happens
now, that we are
ready for a full out
war, are you aware
of the benefits, of
which side to be on
or are you waiting
for an ad. I’ll prom-
ise you this, they
are coming a dime a
dozen. So, welcome
to Fibre vs. Satellite.
We know this for a
fact, - after staring
at your e-mail for
the last five minutes
as you wait for it to
load-that the effec-
tive high speed inter-
net service required
for critical business-
es, government and
consumer applications have remained decision to replace existing satellite Is it the same for the Satellite Cor-
either unavailable or very expensive. lines by submarine fibres. This is hap- porations or what is their logic?
pening in Islands and small territories Satellite Corporations say that although
That “Government’s aware- where they are being connected via sub- fibre can provide cheaper band width,
ness of this situation and the per- marine fibre. A case in point is Rwanda. its limitations are the same of conven-
ceived commercial attractiveness of Why? tional infrastructure in the rough ter-
the opportunity to close this gap, has rains and deserts of Africa. So while
given rise to the current frenetic ac- Well, since telecom`munication cable can provide an effective solu-
tivity for construction of submarine was previously heavily reliant on expen- tion for African’s coastal countries,
fibre cables on the continent” This is sive satellite systems. Kenyan B.P.O.’s it is still unlikely to provide these be-
according to BMI TechKnowledge. like Kencall were incurring huge expens- nefits to regions that lie further inland.
Cost effective communication is spurring es for having to deal with Satellite com- Now, let’s take the case of International

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V
s Vladmir Putin
Organizations – such as those involved
in the raw materials industries for ex-
ample –it can be argued that the only
way for them to achieve a seamless and
cost – effective ICT application solu-
tion is to use satellite. Only satellite
can reach everywhere, linking the only
exploration site office with corporate
HQ on the other side of the world and
corporate petrol stations countrywide
or internationally. Therefore, satellite is
more than essential. More than essential.
According to BMI – Techknowledge’s
study, although countries on the African
west and southern coasts have access to
fibre connectivity an estimated 80 per cent
of the continent’s international voice and
data traffics is still carried via satellite.
The contribution of the technol-
ogy to carrying IP – based applications
traffic is not only limited to parts of the
world, like the African continent, where
there have been long standing limitations
on the availability of bandwidth and ca-
pacity over alternative platforms such as
international fibre, it also applies in the
most highly fibred market in the world.
I’m talking about the United States, one
of the most fibred regions and yet home
to the largest population of VSATs.
Why?
Global connectivity is driv-
ing the market and with regard to
VSAT networks it is abut access.
The proposed African fibre rollout
will not end the VSAT market be-
cause it cannot adequately fulfill
the VSAT user’s aim requirement
– point to – multipoint connectivity.
Satellite clearly has benefits especial-
ly when it comes to remote and rural
connectivity. But fibre offers plenty
of bandwidth at a cheaper price. Can
satellite match these offering? Satel-
lite can do literally anything that fibre
can but with the availability to pro-
vide it anywhere, on reliable basis
with the best capacity solutions to sup-
port video, network and voice require-
ments. Satellite has offered distance
learning and telemedicine extending
cellular networks into remote areas.
Satellite – based communication has
caught up with today’s high band width
demands and satellite is now broadband.
IP over DVB is the de facto standard for
broadband communications over satel-
lite and such systems clearly demon-
strate their greatest cost – effectiveness
by matching the Asymetrix nature of
internet traffic. Broadband connectivity
via satellite provides for business the en-
tire range of complex and bandwidth –
hungry applications with internet back-
bone connections exceeding 45 Mbps.
CHECKMATE?
The vulner-
ability of the technology.
Last year, a ship sailed into a fibre optic
cable resulting in the loss of connec-
tion for much of Asia and Africa. This
provides that undersea cables are not
foolproof and also highlights the fact
that we are not quite ready to abandon
satellite completely. It is worth noting
that the deployment of the cables is not
cheap or easy. The installation of un-
dersea cables needs to be well planned
and often classified as a mega proj-
ect. A map of the ocean for where the
cable will be laid is obtained through
surveying work which includes ob-
stacles and activities that might inter-
fere or cause problems to the cables.
Specialized ships carry out the installa-
tion of cables and some even have remote
operated vehicle (ROV) capability suit-
able for deep sea operations. These ships
can lay cables at speeds of about 15kmph
in deep oceans at depths down to 7,000m.
A ZOGS WONG?
Neither so-
lution is providing
the perfect answer
as yet. For exam-
ple, while cheaper
fibre networks will
lead to the use of
higher band width
applications and
improve connec-
tivity along the
African coast it is
predicted to lead to
higher expectations
from corporate cus-
tomers. It can be
expected as seen
from other coun-
tries like South Af-
rica, that the arrival of fibre to a country
often results in an increased demand to
satellite capacity and also significant
economies growth. This in turn drives
demand for additional satellite services
as businesses expand into the interiors of
the country, where fibre has yet to reach.
Now technology giants are now
experimenting with a combination of the
two technologies more proactively. It
seems that connectivity in Africa has nev-
er been about fibre, it’s actually all about
using the best blend of satellite, wireless
and fibre technologies to create secure,
reliable high – quality connectivity so-
lutions that give customers a commer-
cial advantage in their choice industry.
Only time will tell if fibre will live up to
the expectations but it has not knocked
satellite out of the sky just yet nor is it
likely to anytime soon. Whether Garry
Kasparov will be kicked on his butt or
we will have a new reigning champion
is an issue of time. Time wins this bout.
Talk about relativity. Einstein wins!
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From Highways To Autobahns
W
hile I agree that Rome
was never built in one day its impor-
tant to realize that Rome started one
day. In that line, I could share a lot
on roads on the platform of the Ke-
nya we want. As a critical stimulus
of growth roads in Kenya should be
upgraded. From the few highways
we have (class A roads) we should
create autobahns.
Autobahn is a Germany
word used to refer to what other
countries call expressway. Express-
ways are also known as freeways
or motorways. These types of roads
are designed to offer highest level of
service. With these kinds of roads in
Kenya one can work in Nairobi and
join the family for supper in Mom-
basa. This way family members with
non-formal employment can engage
in farming activities in the coun-
tryside without missing their loved
ones.
Traffic mobility is made
easy by this kind of facilities. These
roads are not present in Kenya but
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Rome Hamisi Gabriel
lanes are 3.5 meters
wide.
-A landscaped "green"
median 3.5 or 4 meters
wide (3 meters in ur-
ban areas).
-A double-sided guard-
rail runs down the
middle. Blinders are
often used on curves.
Some newer sections
have concrete barriers
instead of green medi-
ans.
- Outside emergency
shoulders and long ac-
celeration and decel-
eration lanes.
- Full grade-separa-
tion and access con-
trol, generally provid-
ed by half cloverleaf
interchanges at exits
the government is doing a lot to im-
and full clover leafs or directional
prove existing highways. Thika road
interchanges at Autobahn crossings.
for example, is being expanded into
Interchanges are generally well
multi-lane dual carriageway with
spaced, sometimes exceeding 30 km
multi-grade interchanges to replace
between.
roundabouts.
-Grades of 4% or less. Climbing
lanes are provided on most steep
The case of Germany pres-
grades.
ents the best example we can learn
-Gentle and well-banked curves.
from. Good planning is a necessity
-Freeze-resistant concrete or bitumi-
for us to achieve this kind of infra-
nous surface.
structure. The total Autobahn net-
-Roadbed and surface measuring
work was at 11,712 km in 2001 and
about 68 cm (27 inches) in thick-
12,044 km in 2004. This makes the
ness.
Autobahn network the world's third
-Frequent parking areas, often
largest superhighway system after
equipped with toilet facilities.
the United States and China.
-Extensive and ample service areas
featuring filling stations, restaurants,
The design and hotels.
The general rule for design is to provide
-Automated traffic and weather
for unimpeded, high-speed traffic monitoring and electronic signs pro-
flow. Unimproved older segments viding dynamic speed limits and/or
aside, most Autobahns feature the advance warning of congestion, ac-
following design elements: cidents, construction, and fog.
-Two, three, or occasion- -Emergency telephones at 2 km in-
ally four lanes per direction. Lanes tervals.
on rural sections are generally 3.75 -Wildlife protection fencing, cross-
meters wide except the left lane of over tunnels and "green bridges".
newer three lane segments-- it's 3.5
meters wide. On urban sections, all
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Traffic regulations
-Bicycles, mopeds, and pe-
destrians are specifically prohibited
from using the Autobahn, as are
any other vehicles with a maximum
speed rating of less than 60 km/h (36
mph).
-Passing on the right is strictly pro-
hibited! Slower vehicles must move
to the right to allow faster traffic to
pass, and drivers should stay in the
right lane except to pass. You are,
however, allowed to pass on the
right in heavy traffic when vehicles
have started queuing, but only at a
slow speed.
-Stopping, parking, U-turns, and
backing-up are strictly verboten, in-
cluding on shoulders and ramps (ex-
cept for emergencies, of course.)
-Entering and exiting is per-
mitted only at marked inter-
changes.
- Traffic entering the
autobahn must yield to traffic
already on the autobahn.
-During traffic jams, motor-
ists in the left lane are re-
quired to move as far to the
left as possible and those in
the adjacent center or right
lane must move as far to the
right in their lane as possible,
thus creating a gap between
the lanes for emergency ve-
hicles to pass through.
-If you have a breakdown
From Highways To Autobahns
or accident, you must move to the
shoulder if possible and place a
warning triangle 200 meters behind
the scene. You must report the in-
cident to the authorities using the
nearest emergency phone.
-It is illegal to run out of fuel on the
Autobahn because such an occur-
rence is deemed to be preventable.
Advantages
Some of the benefits that are
accrued from these roads include:
-Due to the improved mobility, driv-
ers can cover long distances without
fatigue
-Reduced Journey times and costs
-Good maintenance reduces vehicle
damages
-Reduced damage to the road pave-
ment by vehicles due to high speeds
-Tourism attraction for people
who would enjoy spinning at good
speeds.
However these roads have got their
disadvantages
-Increased speeds will increase acci-
dents in a country like Kenya where
drivers are not satisfactorily trained.
In Germany these instances are re-
markably low due to extensive train-
ing and re-training of drivers.
-High construction and maintenance
costs
In Germany it is hard to tell which
came first between good cars and
good roads. Germany prides itself
for producing high quality vehicles
in the world. The Mercedes, Volk-
swagen, BMW and the likes needs
good roads. This has earned her
fame worldwide with tourists troop-
ing in to enjoy free-flow driving. In
Kenya we drive and pride ourselves
in anything we can afford. I am
made to believe that by the time we
manage to build these autobahns we
shall have commenced producing
our own cars. The Nyayo car spirit,
now under the Numerical Machines
is far from dying. We shall come up
with perhaps the best makes in the
world with good barabaras.
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The Organisation E.S.A.

Message From The Chairman. ESA EXECUTIVE 2008-2009

A
CHAIRMAN
Obonyo Cedric
s in the manufacture and maturity of wine,
time is always the best healer and at all times defines the crown VICE CHAIRMAN
and crest of any activity undertaken. Engineers have always Ismael Bett
been known to be the people who walk the talk. This in effect
makes us precise logical thinkers in all areas we indulge our- SECRETARY GENERAL
selves in both physically and mentally with everything geared Mbai Muchiri
to finding solutions.
The last one year of my administration in one scope can TREASURY
be characterized by solely making objectives a reality. The essence of having a per-
Lilian Kamanja
fectly working machine is at all times having each single component of the machine in
top notch condition as anyone would agree a chain is just as strong as its weakest link.
From career talks, exchange programs, study tours to the journal, invaluable effort has PUBLICITY SECRETARY
been put to make them a reality. The quest, thirst and never ending pursuit for knowl- Nyakiongora George
edge and venturing into the unknown will never be a walk in the park but always a strug-
gle where only the fit will live to see dawn. My advice to student engineers is ‘keep fit’. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
My appreciation goes to all those who joined hands during my administration. I would Njuguna James
wish to send my strongest gratitude to the editorial board for making this journal a suc-
cess, Eng. McCorkindale for his continual assistance. I’d also like to thank Prof. B.N.K VICE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SEC.
Njoroge :the principal College of Architecture and Engineering, Prof Odira :Dean School Abira Nancy
of Engineering, the entire outgoing ESA secretariat, Mrs. Hannah Mukuah Senior admin-
istrator School of Engineering and not to forget Mrs. Mumera for her unwavering support.
Finally I heart-fully extend my gratitude and utter respect to the Engineering Students for SOCIAL AFFAIRS
having faith in me and allowing me to serve them. God bless you all in your endeavors. Esther Ndeti

ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ AS- THE ELECTRONICS AND ICT EBESA

SOCIATION
With its main aim being linkage of
the students to the industrialists, the
outgoing ESA executive employed a
different way of carrying out its busi-
ness. With the increasing attempt to
incorporate the students in the run-
ning of the association affairs ESA
brought on board all the departmental
associations at the school of engineer-
ing. This includes the Environmental
and bio-systems engineering students'
associations(EBESA), Association of
Civil Engineering Students(ACES),
Association of students in Electrical
and Electronics Engineering(ASEEE),
Students Association of Mechani-
cal Engineering(SAME) and the
Geo-spatial Engineering Students
Association(GESA). ESA also had
a close working relations with the
Electronics and ICT Club(EIC) of the
university of Nairobi whose major-
ity members are students undertaking
Electrical and information engineering
at the school of engineering.
CLUB(EIC)
Initially for students at the department
of electrical and information engineer-
ing, university of Nairobi, EIC has
opened up its membership to all inter-
ested individuals. The clubs outreach to
students has been boosted by its func-
tional mailing list through which mem-
bers get updates. Membership to this
club is free of charge. All one has to do
is to send an e-mail to electronicsict@
ymail.com with relevant details I.e full
names, daytime phone contacts, course
undertaking and registration number.
Largely accredited for actualizing the
first ever Engineering career day at the
university of Nairobi in 2008, the club
plans an even bigger event on Thursday
10th December 2009. The club has also
opened talks with the management of
Digital Age Institute with an aim of
facilitating software development train-
ing for her membership.
In the previous Issue of the Student
Engineer, I wrote about the department
getting twenty new branded computers
from two companies. With a sigh I beg
for temporary amnesia because it never
was and as the students’ hope turns to
frail, we only pray and hope that it’s
just a matter of time.
In the meanwhile, the department has
organized a clean up of the Nairobi
river and everyone is invited. Although
the date is vague the officials of EBE-
SA have directed all efforts in actual-
izing the idea. I love the gesture of the
department but to what end? It’s just
a matter of time before the river gets
back to its old self. The environment
has proved that it’s not to be ignored
and rarely forgives. Unless we show
some sensitivity to the earth and treat it
as it own we will remain forever bound
to outstretching hands for aid.
The unfolding of Environmental and
Bio systems Engineering is set to take
place soon. All will be laid bare as
the students get to ask any questions
pertaining to the course. Its meant to

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be an interactive session with
the students, lectures and
The Catalogue
local network, and a "Play To"
command sends an item to
DATE: 11TH OCTOBER 2008
New members trip to hells gate, mainly newly
joined first years
Organized by ESA

DATE: 10TH DECEMBER 2008

Engineering Students at the I.E.K Dinner
professionals in a conducive
environment. On a different
note we recognize the re-ap-
pointment of the EBE chair-
man we look forward to more
achievements than his previ-
ous regime.
another device on the
same network. Another Win-
dows 7 component, the "de-
vice stage" module, aims to
improve working with devices
like phones. When they're up-
dated to provide the right data
to the system, Windows 7 will
read their capabilities when
Engineering Career Day, SPEAKERS:-
Mr. Daniel Kibe, Comtec services Limited,
Mr. John Kamau, Jamii Telcom Limited,
Mr. Geoffrey Githinji, Standard Chartered Bank,
Mr. Nanji Dhitar, Power Technics Company
Limited.
At the CELT
Organized by EIC
DATE 23RD JANUARY 2009
Career Talk- Mr. Benson Muiru, SITA.
AW201
Organized by EIC
DATE: 26TH – 30TH JANUARY 2009
Hosting visiting students from Makerere univer-
sity,
Interactive session held at the nuclear science
board room.
ESA

you plug them in, then pres- DATE: 28th MARCH 2009,
Students Have Their Say ent the appropriate options, Imagine cup presentation by Edward Obiko
such as offering to sync your 10.30AM- 12.00PM

Who does not love calendars or contacts or copy

over your music. Microsoft
Organised by MSP

Microsofts’ defining OS, win- DATE: 10TH APRIL 2009

dows 7? In Windows 7, users
can control what programs put
icons in the "tray". Windows
7 also revises Vista's, User
says the version of Windows 7 ROBOTICS WORKSHOP
Speaker; Mr. Wilfred Mworia of Microsoft,
available now is "feature com- 4.00PM-6.00PM
plete," which means that the CB232
functionality of the OS will Organized by MSP & EIC

Account Control feature. It not change much, if at all. PCs

allows the user to select four
levels of system oversight,
with the default bringing
up this continue-or-cancel
dialog when programs try to
change Windows settings but
not when you do the same
yourself. Music and video
playback in Windows 7 seems
to borrow a little more from
Apple: Its Windows Media
Player 12 program presents
music libraries shared on oth-
er copies of WMP on the same
DATE: 15TH -17TH April 2009
that run Windows Vista should Exchange program to Makerere university,
be able to run Windows 7, ESA
avoiding some of the compat-
DATE; 29TH APRIL 2009,
ibility issues that plagued the JOINT CAREER TALK(four speakers)
introduction of that operating 2.00-5.30PM
system. The minimum system CELT
ESA
requirements Microsoft sug-
gests for beta testers include a DATE: 20TH MAY 2009
1GHz processor, 1GB of main Public lecture on consumer education by CCK
memory, 16GB of available 2.00-5.00PM
EXHIBITION HALL (JKML)
disk space, and support for EIC
DX9 graphics.
BETT RAYMOND EIC- Electronics and ICT Club, ESA – Engi-
4TH YEAR ELECTRICAL ENGI- neering Students Association, MSP- Microsoft
NEERING. Student Partnership

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Movies Music Books Jokes

Movie Review- Batman Returns
BACK IN BLACK.
BATMAN RETURNS AND IN TOW THE VILLAIN OF ALL TIME-THE EVIL SADIST BUT
BRILLIANT JOKER AND A WHITE KNIGHT-HARVEY DENT
GRRR!

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Arts
008 was a tricky year for movies. The Hollywood writers had been on strike earlier,
the financial meltdown the world over, but yet one movie stood out for brilliant acting, editing and
technology. The Dark Knight. Based on the dc comic book, director Christopher Nolan brought to
life-a-many-science fiction comic book lovers tale of The Joker played by Oscar Award winning
actor for the role, Heath Ledger and Batman played by Christian Bale.
Dark knight is an epic tale of good versus evil in an adopted city called Gotham. A first
rate script which brought to the fore the all time villain, The Joker.The theme of this movie being
the purpose of disobedience, that we are all schemers in the futile attempt to write the scripts of our
life and The Joker works hard to show us how pathetic our efforts are.
From a psychological point of view, The Dark Knight does what Basic Instinct 2
accomplishes but without an air of sex. It is the basic human tendency pitted against itself from the
opening scene as The Joker robs a bank by himself up to the final scene in the fight for Gotham’s
soul.

This movie does what it should; it keeps you on the edge.
The Dark Knight also raised eyebrows in the technology front since M.I.T. and other Colleges around the world tried to come up
in the real world with the gadgets used in the movie. For example, an incredible one is the use of sonar to direct all the phone calls
in the area to a super computer that Batman uses to pin point the joker’s whereabouts.

The Batmobile in itself was impressive and the use of the sonar technology also to animate /visualize how many people
are lurking in a dark room with walls was highly impressive.
Its an engineer’s movie and helps us ask ourselves if it is wrong to be imaginative, to be creative for we are walking into a world
that requires engineers to be ahead of the pack a la creative .To be The Joker.
It’s out on D.V.D.

Book Review- When Things Start To Think

M eet Cyborg Man. There he is in his slick new suit, hand outstretched. As soon as you shake it you know his name, his
address and who he works for. And he's yet to speak. He ushers you to the door of the office which unlocks as soon as he touches
the handle. As you enter he lifts the phone, his touch immediately downloading the day's
messages. Smart stuff. And the secret lies in the clothes he is wearing.

For in this remarkable new book Gershenfeld, a director at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, presents a fascinating look at the future of computers, including carrying them
round in jackets and shoes.

It's possible because of fabric circuits powered through the human body. And it gives today
what Arthur C Clarke predicted for the next millennium. Gershenfeld presents an insight of
a wired future that is staggering in its ingenuity.

The paperless newspaper. The book without printed pages that can allow you to read any
volume ever produced, the electronics that enable you to see in all directions as you walk,
sensors that measure bodily functions--and display your condition on a "dashboard of the
body" as you move around. This is the stuff of the 21st Century. The incredible thing is that
it is already here.

Gershfeld maintains we have had the digital revolution, now it's time for the evolution in
which the people not the machines come to the fore. He makes a convincing case.

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sekoJ skooB cisuM seivoM

Arusha Music Review- Arusha(Acoustic)

I t’s really hard to come across a voice that rings reminiscent of true jewels like Ayo and Asa.
Hello Arusha.
She is a ‘cabbage’: dad is French & Italian; mom is Indian, born in Germany and bred in Paris. In
Arusha-speak, ‘cabbage’ refers to any child of mixed race and heritage!
Arusha is a journey. A journey brought to life by meeting Vayn, local producer. They met around a sad and
melancholy song: VIDA, an existential hip-hop track that has been played on radios in Kenya and across
the globe, and which you can hear on:
www.reverbnation.com/vayin.
The same song happens to be the soundtrack chosen by a movie company in France called Es-
sentiel.
Meeting Vayn was a turning point for Arusha: with this encounter she understood that songwriting was her
life and heart’s desire, a ‘soul-fulfillment’, she says:
After years of wandering and wondering, I finally found my calling and my direction..’
Arusha writes and sings in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. She sings about love in all its manifestations and
shapes, and once in a while, an outburst of anger: against Europe’s immigration laws (MEDITERRANEE) ,against children hav-
ing to grow up in conflict zones (TEARS OF GAZA) …

Arusha is currently recording her first album, ‘Small Loving’…an album which will span the globe, from Colombia to
India via Kigali and Nairobi- where she has worked with local artists like Pentamony, Estelle Lannoy of Yunasi and Bizimana
Ntwali(song called NAKUGUNDA) and playing on radios in the U.S., N.Zealand, Spain and Austria-to be released on itunes.

www.myspace.com/arushatopazzini
www.reverbnation.com/arusha
www.reverbnation.com/bizi

Engineer as Designer of the Human Body Humor

Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the possible designers of the human body.
One said, ``It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the joints.''
Another said, ``No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous systems many thousands of electrical connections.''
The last said, ``Actually it was a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?''
Wife or Mistress
An architect, an artist and an engineer were discussing whether it was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress. The
architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship.
The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because of the passion and mystery he found there. The engineer said, "I like
both." "Both?" Engineer: "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman,
and you can go to the lab and get some work done."
Quoted COLIN POWELL
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Now at the left of the screen, you clearly see the satellite image of the
chicken crossing the road.
CAPTAIN KIRK SIGMUND FREUD
To boldly go where no chicken has gone before. The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road
FOX MULDER reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.
You saw it cross the road with your own eyes! How many more VOLTAIRE
chickens have to cross before you believe it? I may not agree with what the chicken did, but I will defend to the death
BILL GATES its right to do it.
I have just released eChicken 2003, which will not only cross roads, GRANDPA
but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone
checkbook - and Internet Explorer is an inextricable part of eChick- told us that the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for
en. us.
ALBERT EINSTEIN OBIKO
Did the chicken really cross the road or did the road move beneath I want to live in a free world where chicken can cross roads without be-
the chicken? ing questioned about their motives

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Introducing the BarackBerry Tech-Talk

It looks like the National Security Agency added some security software to a BlackBerry phone to satisfy President
Barack Obama’s need for his Research in Motion smartphone. This
means Obama can continue emailing routine and personal messages
that will become part of the public record. However, some of the
more “fun” functions of a smartphone, such as IM and those requir-
ing GPS functionality, won’t be available for his use. So far no data
channels appear to be secure enough for Top Secret emails.

An alternative device that was speculated to be the replace-

ment for Obama’s BlackBerry is the Sectera Edge, designed by L3
and General Dynamics to act as a classified-information-friendly
replacement for a BlackBerry. However, it only allows for classified
voice calls on any network and data while on a classified network.
Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/2q322l

Flip Digital Video Camera Review

For the average internet enthusiast, your social netwoks have become an irresistable pass-time and these can be noth-
ing but boring if not for the capability to share experiences through digital media.
I happened to meet John Kinyanjui of internews.org at a skunkworks meeting who
was showcasing the latest craze in media capturing which is simply called the Flip-
Cam.
There's no doubt that the look of the Flip Digital Video Camera reflects its
cheap as chips price tag of $180(approx. Ksh. 16,000). The Flip Digital Video Cam-
era measures a tiny 104x54x29m, which really is small enough to fit in your pocket.
At 97g we thought it felt too flimsy and plasticky for a device that would be capable
of producing good quality clips. However this look certainly doesn't reflect well on
the camcorder's capabilities.
There's no complicated setup needed, it's simply a case of sliding the front
cover off and inserting the two AA batteries needed to power the Flip Digital Video
Camera, then you can start shooting. The Flip Digital Video Camera's very few but-
tons are large and responsive despite the pint-sized camcorders dimensions, so we
found the Flip simple and easy to use.
The Flip Digital Video Camera's 2GB internal memory is capable of captur-
ing up to one hour of footage at a resolution of 640x480 in MPEG 4 format while the
2x optical zoom is clear and concise.
You can view your video clips on the Flip Digital Video Camera's 1.5in display. Alternatively, you can use
the Flip's integral USB connector that ‘flips' out at the touch of a button. While the USB connector is a great idea and
removes the need for cables, the mechanism seemed flimsy and we suspect that it may break quite quickly.
We simply plugged the Flip Digital Video Camera into a USB port and we were then able to view and save
the clips, email them to friends and family, upload them to a web page and even edit them into a movie complete with
soundtrack using the software, which is pre-loaded onto the device.
Colours in the video clips we captured were bright and clear and we found the Flip also lived up to its claims that it ex-
cels in low-light conditions. We love the fact that it automatically turns itself off if left unused for more than a minute, conserving
precious minutes of the Flip Digital Video Camera's 2.5 hour battery life.

The Flip is available in several different colour schemes, and comes bundled with a TV connector cable, wrist strap, carry case
and two AA batteries.

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1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 12.
11.
1. Daniel Kibe of Comtec Networks gives a speech during the career day
2. David Kiania of Ericsson has a chat with students at the Ericsson Career Day
3. Kayamba entertain guests at the IEK Dinner
4. EIC(Electronics and ICT club) group photo
5. Edward Obiko adresses the press at Microsoft Imagine Cup Launch
6. No bwana! we want our money!
7. Fun fun and more fun, at the source of river nile jinja
8. Dr. Kamau Gachigi and Vincent Musau set up the Fab Computers
9. Students campaigning for a candidate aboard a Matatu in CBD
10. Drinks at the Kampala Museum.
11. Group photo at makerere university
13.
12. Students follow proceedings during the EIC organized Engineering career day
13. Ingoho does wonders, Mr. Editor-in-Chief, at IEK Dinner
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Finito
What Americas
Hope Means To Kenya
O
n a trip to the US in late 2007, I was
privileged to visit arguably, the world’s capital
city-New York. Pristine. A world apart, liter-
ally from Nairobi. On my return home, I was
asked to describe the essence of New York,
and by extension, the United States. I went in
deep repose hoping to capture that nation’s en-
tirety in a singular anecdote-as that was what
was required of me. In retrospect, I feel that
my response then was informed more by the
goings-on in my country than the exceptional
experience I had in the ‘land of opportunity’.
As a country we were going through
an extremely exciting time. Edgy. Uncertain.
Apprehensive. And I believed then, that we
were on the verge of true Change. And so,
my response as to what I thought the US
meant to me was that it was a place where
there existed harmonic co-existence between
entrepreneurship and politics. The two so
intricately intertwined, representing the pos-
sibilities that both could ideally generate.
This particular sentiment was, and
largely remains, apart from my conscious
world view. I did not have much for poli-
tics. Famously refrained as ‘a dirty game’,
I chose not to relate or involve myself in a
cause that unabashedly described itself as
‘dirty’. And this is the case for many young
people, growing up and seeking to make for
themselves what their parents didn’t for them.
Truth is, though, now as I sit and re-
flect, politics is in our daily lives. It is in the
price of bread and milk that you buy in the
morning, in the determination of policy and
opportunity, in the relations you have with
friends and certainly is on your TV screens
every night-bestowed prime time. Be it world
politics or Kenyan politics-it is all in our faces.
As a Kenyan, Final Year Student at
the University of Nairobi, I fear for the im-
plications politics will have on my life as I
step out of the cocoon that is school life. At
this moment in our nation’s history, more than
any other time, we find ourselves more polar-
ized along ethno-class lines than ever before.
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We are assured
of fairness and
justice in our
dealings with
the law no more
than we are as-
sured of fair-
ness and justice
in our prospec-
tive business ventures, or dealings with
prospective employers. The government
is this country’s single largest employer.
There will always be that question at the
back of your mind as to whether you
missed that government job because
the prospective employer did not like
the ring of your last name or that he/she
gravitated ‘home’ in his/her appointment.
Ideally, government ought to
be the custodian and spring of policy
that guides us and ensures an environ-
ment conducive for economic growth.
To discuss the government’s failures
as regards spurring economic growth,
or spurring industry and technology-
based growth so as to ensure more
opportunities for say, Engineers, will
require more space than my editor
would allow. Our politics sinks us to
new lows. Lowering our expectations
and eventually lowering our aspira-
tions. We end up desolate. Hopeless.
The reason why, oceans away, one man
has electrified and inspired a whole
country and the world, is not because of
his impeccable record (for he has none
as long as his opponent’s) but is because
he brings forth an aspect as intangible
as it is priceless. An aspect synonymous
with his very self-Hope for Change. To
many people, he represents the ideal-
ism of politics. Politics as it should be.
This is what as a country,
we need. Hope. Hope for meaning-
ful positive change. I fear though, that
we are so sunken that our otherwise
innate ability to hope for a better to-
morrow has been lost. Instead we are
anxious of our present and skeptical
of the tidings the future might bear.
And perhaps, rightly so. Ap-
preciating the weighty bearing that poli-
tics has on our lives-and specifically us
who will soon be graduating. That your
name could stir up resentment on the ba-
sis of the happenings of early 2008 year,
so much so as to cost you an opportunity
Habwe Josiah
you are undoubtedly ripe for, scares stiff.
Stark reality, this. Forty years
after independence we are still unable
to galvanize ourselves as a people. Our
very nationhood was put to the test by the
strife that was the bitter election process,
and failed. Little wonder though, we are
unable to galvanize a country behind is-
sue based and results oriented leadership,
growth, technological advancement and
eventual opportunity for new graduates.
Still, we wear our blue and orange
stripes beneath our white shirts months
after the division that tore us apart. The
slightest disagreement sending us re-
ceding to the confines and constraints
of our restrictive tribal cocoons. This,
highlighting the degree of misguided
distrust amongst ourselves. An Achil-
les’ heel in our quest for advancement.
Such is the perversion
of politics in our national fabric.
And the intrigues of fate! That oceans
away a seed of Kenya is inspiring na-
tions; revolutionizing the brand ‘poli-
tics’ ; transcending race, class lines and
tribe whilst at home we suffer stifling
politics puts us, as a nation, at cross-
roads with destiny. And for this reason
alone, if not for any other, we must be-
gin to demand delivery, accountability
and raise the bar on the standards that
must be met by our own political breed.
And that the most talented
young people begin to view politics as
a means to a fundamentally better end.
Not just in terms of ‘What can I accom-
plish for myself?’ but in terms of ‘What
can I accomplish for my country?’ A
means to positive meaningful and tan-
gible change. And not shun it for the
murk that it is. Then we shall begin to
anticipate good tidings. For nations are
spurred by hope. Ours must be reclaimed.
And yet, the Coup de Grace’.
The curtain call. The final walk off
Campus. My time is now, I- fully
aware that in the dark all cats are grey
and that from this vantage point, my
vision has never been a blur. I’m off
to reclaim that hope. A product of my
time I am, I know. I know. The odds
stacked against me. I’m just a Fifth
year, a Fifth year taking his final breath.
I curtsey.
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