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 Isah Barde, a secondary school graduate in the state of Kano who is 17 years old, has accomplished a major feat after building a 'robot' from scraps. The components of his 'robot' include cartons, pipes, an LED, a motor, and aluminum, among other things.




Despite the fact that Isah's lack of funds prevents him from attending college, he has every intention of becoming an expert in artificial intelligence and robotics.

In spite of the fact that he was only a teenager at the time, the young man has been working on the creation of a robot for the past three years. He has described this endeavor as one of his life goals.

He manipulates his hands in order to control the robot.

Isah explained to Trust TV that the materials used to construct this robot include motors, cardboards, LEDs, copper wires, aluminum, pipes, tyres, and wood.

"They are things I got from people and one market called Jakara where you can buy things like a hair dryer that has been destroyed and use its motors," he added. Jakara is a place in which you can buy things like a hair dryer that has been destroyed and use its motors.

Isah's father, Auwal Barde, is delighted to have a future "robotic engineer" in the family, but he is unable to provide the resources necessary to assist his son in realizing his aspirational goals.

"I am not in a position to be able to support him, but I will be pleased to hear that he is receiving support elsewhere, whether it be from the government or from individuals. "I raise chickens and turkeys," he explained.

It was discovered that Isah first displayed an interest in engineering when he was 8 years old, and ever since then, he has been dedicated to improving his abilities in this field.

I never let him down when he is about to give up, because I believe that one day he will amount to something. Isah's brother, Muhammad, shared the following information: "In the future, we do not know what he might create that will help our country in general."


Facebook has said that it is changing the name of its two most popular apps, Instagram and WhatsApp, this new development is to better disclose its ownership of the apps, Techplace24.com learnt.

After the effect, Instagram will be known as “Instagram from Facebook” while WhatsApp will become “WhatsApp from Facebook.”

The re-branding effort was discovered on Friday by journalists at The Information, and was then confirmed by representatives of Facebook.

A spokesperson told The Information; “We want to be clearer about the products and services that are part of Facebook.” Also, sources told the publication that they were recently notified of the changes and appear to be coming as a result of antitrust regulators scrutinizing the company’s holdings.

According to those sources, the app’s name will stay the same on the homescreen of phones and tablets, however their names will change in the App Store for people first downloading them, a move the company has previously made with its virtual reality-focused sub-division, Oculus.

Tech Radar says, a number of outlets are pointing out that this re-branding effort has been a longtime coming in fact, blogger Jane Manchun Wong tweeted about it back in March, just a few months after the founders of the company resigned citing a decreasing lack of autonomy.

According to The Wall Street Journal, while it’s unclear if the move is a government mandate from the FTC an entity that, was investigating Facebook’s acquisition of the companies in a potential antitrust case it appears to be connected.

Admittedly, Facebook doesn’t stand much to gain by putting its name on the apps: It’s already a household name, and one that has become associated with privacy scandals. Putting Facebook’s name on its two most popular apps certainly won’t make those apps any more popular than they are already and could possibly cause users to be more wary about the security and privacy of those apps.

Facebook has yet to say when the changes will go into effect, however we’ll continue to monitor the situation as it develops.

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