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Wee Robot Wanders the Streets To Raise Money For Charity (Video)
By Good News Network Friday, May 13, 2011
The future of fundraising may conjure visions of Star Wars.
Tim Pryde, a 21-year-old product-design student at the University of Dundee, in Scotland, built a small robot that travels through public spaces, relying on coin donations for charity into a slot on its back to keep moving. And, it works.
Mr. Pryde says he got the idea by watching the often-negative attitudes people had toward street fund raisers who make face-to-face solicitations in busy pedestrian areas.
(WATCH the video below, and READ the article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
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