0:00:00.000,0:00:02.000 Do you see where I am seated? 0:00:02.001,0:00:07.000 This is what we bring you on this[br]episode of R&D Africa on AAU TV. 0:00:07.001,0:00:12.000 The spotlight has been put on the young[br]Lawrence Adjei, who has been able to make 0:00:12.001,0:00:16.260 this electronic motorcycle[br]from dead laptop batteries. 0:00:16.260,0:00:17.890 Stay tuned.[br]We'll bring you more. 0:00:26.050,0:00:30.664 In an era where environmental protection,[br]fitness and green travel 0:00:30.664,0:00:34.092 are increasingly being valued and[br]practiced by people, 0:00:34.402,0:00:37.000 what comes to mind when[br]transportation that allows you 0:00:37.000,0:00:38.614 to avoid road traffic congestion, 0:00:39.614,0:00:42.000 be green and environmentally[br]friendly is mentioned. 0:00:45.883,0:00:49.930 Electric bicycles or e-bikes[br]are equipped with electric devices 0:00:49.930,0:00:52.509 activated to assist[br]or replace peddling. 0:00:52.985,0:00:55.000 They provide a number of benefits. 0:00:55.425,0:00:59.522 They are fuel efficient, faster,[br]reduces traffic congestion 0:00:59.522,0:01:01.850 and are mostly non-pollutant. 0:01:04.020,0:01:07.439 Inventors mainly rely on[br]batteries such as lithium-ion, 0:01:07.641,0:01:08.841 nickel-cadmium, 0:01:09.231,0:01:10.852 lithium-cobalt batteries 0:01:10.921,0:01:11.921 lead acid, 0:01:12.081,0:01:13.801 nickel-metal hydrate, 0:01:13.801,0:01:14.851 lithium-magnanese 0:01:14.851,0:01:18.000 and lithium-ion polymer[br]batteries as the accessories. 0:01:18.845,0:01:22.068 Interestingly, a young[br]Ghanaian, Lawrence Adjei 0:01:22.068,0:01:26.030 has added to the innovations[br]in the electric bike industry. 0:01:26.030,0:01:29.075 He uses sports laptop[br]batteries, which he purchases 0:01:29.075,0:01:34.430 from scrap yards and computer[br]shops in Accra to make his unique e-bikes. 0:01:34.800,0:01:38.182 He is known to be the first[br]Ghanian to make electric bicylces 0:01:38.182,0:01:42.000 from sports laptop batteries[br]and he is self-taught. 0:01:45.471,0:01:50.088 I stay close to Lawrence and[br]I happen to be his co-helper. 0:01:50.088,0:01:52.222 This is not my first time riding. 0:01:52.472,0:01:54.460 I've been riding for two years now. 0:01:54.460,0:01:56.463 The experience is different. 0:01:56.621,0:02:00.202 Different. I can't even compare[br]because riding a normal bicycle... 0:02:00.202,0:02:01.370 is full of pain. 0:02:01.370,0:02:05.740 And then you actually admire the[br]kind of kilometers you need to go. 0:02:06.001,0:02:10.339 So this is really different compared[br]to the ones I have ever used. 0:02:10.339,0:02:13.700 This has three gears[br]and then the others don't. 0:02:14.280,0:02:20.543 It has a brake which charges the battery[br]back when applying, the others don't have. 0:02:21.001,0:02:24.537 It has a USB spot which[br]can charge your phone 0:02:24.537,0:02:26.250 or use a USB light. 0:02:26.541,0:02:28.254 Which others don't have. 0:02:28.811,0:02:32.062 And then it also has a bell,[br]the others didn't have a bell. 0:02:32.962,0:02:36.634 And then the brakes are instant stop. 0:02:36.794,0:02:38.010 They stop instantly. 0:02:38.370,0:02:40.525 Next. Coming to the battery, 0:02:40.525,0:02:42.944 it has a large capacity,[br]which you can even 0:02:43.204,0:02:45.586 give a house a light. 0:02:49.275,0:02:52.640 This is where Mr. Lawrence[br]AJ makes all the inventions. 0:02:52.640,0:02:55.647 This is where the[br]creation of electric bicycles 0:02:55.647,0:02:58.920 made out of dead[br]laptop batteries happens and 0:02:58.920,0:03:01.000 I'm currently here with Mr. Lawrence. 0:03:01.601,0:03:03.656 Take us through[br]the process involved in the 0:03:03.656,0:03:07.000 usage of these batteries[br]to make the electric bicycle. 0:03:07.481,0:03:09.640 So you have the batteries here. 0:03:09.993,0:03:11.986 So, you just crack them like this. 0:03:12.511,0:03:15.121 You sometimes bend it or... 0:03:15.891,0:03:16.891 or use a plier. 0:03:17.247,0:03:18.267 Okay 0:03:21.533,0:03:24.500 You can see that we[br]don't use all the cells. 0:03:24.551,0:03:26.054 This one is here, the bud. 0:03:26.784,0:03:28.870 - Okay[br]- You can't use this one, so 0:03:28.870,0:03:30.063 You find a different one. 0:03:30.654,0:03:31.753 Try another one. 0:03:38.610,0:03:39.639 Same. 0:03:39.639,0:03:42.665 This one is okay, So you take[br]like the motherboard 0:03:42.665,0:03:44.180 - of the battery. So...[br]- Okay 0:03:44.439,0:03:45.439 So taking them off 0:03:46.058,0:03:48.828 [Inaudible] 0:03:54.638,0:03:56.965 Then take the cells out like this. 0:03:57.463,0:03:58.503 Okay 0:04:00.391,0:04:02.780 So in total, how many[br]of these do you need? 0:04:03.001,0:04:04.260 0:04:04.260,0:04:05.991 0:04:05.991,0:04:07.001 0:04:07.001,0:04:12.000 0:04:12.001,0:04:15.000 0:04:15.001,0:04:17.588 0:04:17.588,0:04:19.131 0:04:19.131,0:04:20.968 0:04:20.968,0:04:22.840 0:04:22.840,0:04:24.759 0:04:24.759,0:04:27.096 0:04:27.096,0:04:30.000 0:04:30.001,0:04:32.425 0:04:32.425,0:04:34.940 0:04:34.940,0:04:36.470 0:04:36.470,0:04:43.000 0:04:43.159,0:04:44.970 0:04:44.970,0:04:48.360 0:04:52.001,0:04:53.951 0:04:53.951,0:04:58.000 0:04:58.270,0:05:02.309 0:05:02.309,0:05:05.000 0:05:05.001,0:05:07.000 0:05:07.001,0:05:10.000 0:05:10.001,0:05:12.000 0:05:12.001,0:05:13.778 0:05:13.778,0:05:15.000 0:05:15.001,0:05:19.000 0:05:19.001,0:05:21.919 0:05:21.931,0:05:27.000 0:05:27.250,0:05:31.000 0:05:31.001,0:05:34.000 0:05:34.001,0:05:37.000 0:05:37.100,0:05:41.800 0:05:41.800,0:05:43.570 0:05:43.570,0:05:47.000 0:05:47.001,0:05:51.000 0:05:51.001,0:05:53.000 0:05:53.001,0:05:55.000 0:05:55.150,0:05:57.347 0:05:57.347,0:06:00.721 0:06:00.721,0:06:02.420 0:06:02.420,0:06:05.000 0:06:05.001,0:06:08.165 0:06:08.177,0:06:11.000 0:06:11.150,0:06:14.700 0:06:18.860,0:06:20.625 0:06:20.650,0:06:23.000 0:06:23.075,0:06:25.934 0:06:25.946,0:06:31.000 0:06:31.425,0:06:34.170 0:06:34.182,0:06:37.000 0:06:37.001,0:06:40.000 0:06:40.100,0:06:44.000 0:06:44.125,0:06:49.810 0:06:49.810,0:06:51.831 0:06:51.831,0:06:54.220 0:06:54.250,0:06:59.000 0:06:59.001,0:07:04.000 0:07:04.001,0:07:06.927 0:07:06.939,0:07:10.000 0:07:10.450,0:07:12.000 0:07:12.150,0:07:15.005 0:07:15.017,0:07:18.000 0:07:21.900,0:07:23.761 0:07:23.786,0:07:26.767 0:07:26.767,0:07:29.380 0:07:29.380,0:07:31.160 0:07:31.160,0:07:32.190 0:07:32.190,0:07:33.230 0:07:33.230,0:07:36.000 0:07:36.001,0:07:39.184 0:07:39.184,0:07:40.952 0:07:40.952,0:07:42.540 0:07:42.540,0:07:44.980 0:07:44.980,0:07:46.010 0:07:46.010,0:07:47.689 0:07:47.689,0:07:49.171 0:07:50.801,0:07:52.270 0:07:52.270,0:07:53.359 0:07:53.359,0:07:54.740 0:07:54.740,0:07:55.810 0:07:56.081,0:07:59.700 0:07:59.701,0:08:02.200 0:08:02.301,0:08:04.800 0:08:04.801,0:08:05.820 0:08:05.820,0:08:07.500 0:08:07.601,0:08:11.326 0:08:11.450,0:08:13.395 0:08:14.185,0:08:18.319 0:08:18.319,0:08:19.578 0:08:19.578,0:08:22.318 0:08:22.342,0:08:25.175 0:08:25.199,0:08:27.199 0:08:27.223,0:08:29.841 0:08:29.841,0:08:35.655 0:08:35.679,0:08:38.252 0:08:38.276,0:08:41.822 0:08:41.846,0:08:43.846 0:08:45.016,0:08:48.289 0:08:48.992,0:08:52.252 0:08:52.276,0:08:56.076 0:08:56.127,0:09:02.173 0:09:02.197,0:09:04.630 0:09:06.766,0:09:10.458 0:09:10.458,0:09:11.866 0:09:11.891,0:09:13.170 0:09:16.943,0:09:19.843 0:09:19.868,0:09:23.000 0:09:23.001,0:09:25.710 0:09:25.710,0:09:28.330 0:09:28.330,0:09:32.000 0:09:32.100,0:09:35.000 0:09:35.001,0:09:39.380 0:09:39.380,0:09:41.576 0:09:41.576,0:09:44.000 0:09:44.001,0:09:47.000 0:09:47.001,0:09:49.600 0:09:49.612,0:09:52.570 0:09:52.570,0:09:54.650 0:09:54.650,0:09:57.000 0:09:57.001,0:10:00.000 0:10:00.001,0:10:05.000 0:10:09.000,0:10:11.833 0:10:11.845,0:10:15.000 0:10:15.001,0:10:19.000 0:10:19.025,0:10:21.937 0:10:21.949,0:10:25.000 0:10:25.400,0:10:28.188 0:10:28.200,0:10:32.000 0:10:32.001,0:10:35.722 0:10:35.734,0:10:39.200 0:10:39.200,0:10:42.480 0:10:42.480,0:10:45.094 0:10:45.106,0:10:49.001 0:10:49.050,0:10:52.013 0:10:52.025,0:10:55.000 0:10:55.001,0:10:56.850 0:10:56.850,0:10:59.200 0:10:59.200,0:11:14.000