CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.
>> Tati: I CAN'T WAIT EITHER.
>> Jason: HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN
BY SOMETHING IN DETROIT AND
ASKED, HEY, WHAT IS THAT?
>> Tati: SOMETHING HAPPENING
THAT IS VERY EYE CATCHING BUT
EYE.
>> Jason: LEADING TO NEW IDEA
MARKET.
DETROIT WINDMILL.
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>> THE NEW CONCEPT OF UPCYCLING
IS THE BASIS THAT YOU WORK WITH
WHAT YOU HAVE.
THE RESOURCES WE HAVE ALL AROUND
US IN DETROIT ARE SO NUMEROUS
AND PLENTIFUL.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO RESILIENCE,
A CITY THAT HAS HELD OUT FOR THE
50 BAD YEARS AND SUSTAINED
INSPIRATIONAL.
YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THE MOST
INNOVATIVE, COLORFUL, AND
INSPIRATIONAL.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT UPCYCLED
WINDMILLS, THE FIRST DETROIT
DESIGN, IT'S A WIND TURBINE.
>> I THINK THE FUN PART IS
CARLOS MAKING A SCULPTURE WITH
PERSONALITY AND IT'S EXCITING,
BUT ALSO BEHIND US, YOU'LL SEE A
LOT OF FOUND STUFF REUSED.
SO IT'S THE ULTIMATE, CAPTURING
USING PREVIOUSLY MANUFACTURED
PARTS TO DO SO.
>> ONE DAY, I ADJUST MY
SATELLITE DISH ON THE ROOF OF MY
BUILDING, AND A GUST OF WIND
CAME BY AND IT ALMOST BLEW ME
OFF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN I QUICKLY WENT DOWN IN
MY SHOP AND CREATED THE
SATELLITE DISH WINDMILL, AND
IT'S WORKING SO WELL AND SO
GOOD, FOR 8 YEARS.
>> WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A
SMALL ROOFTOP TV DISH WOULD HAVE
A FUTURE AS A WIND TURBINE.
>> IT'S THAT SENSE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
WITH JOYFULNESS AND WHIMSY THAT
CREATES STUFF THAT NOT ONLY CAN
WE BE PROUD OF BUT HAS AN
ECONOMIC LIFE, AS WELL.
>> I THINK WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF
SOMETHING SO GREAT, INVENTED AND
DESIGNED IN DETROIT AND WILL BE
EXPORTED.
>> DISTRIBUTED LOW-COST FORMS OF
WIND COLLECTION THAT RECYCLES
OLD COOL ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS.
IT'S LIKE A WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN.
>> Tati: VERY, VERY COOL.
AND JOINING US ARE CARLO AND
LYDIA LEVINSON.
CAR LOW, I'LL START WITH YOU.
TELL US WHAT IT TAKES, HOW MUCH
YOU HAVE TO PUT INTO YOUR
PROJECT.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE IT
COME TO LIFE?
>> IT WAS STARTED 8 YEARS AGO IN
TRYING TO INVENT AND PRESENT A
PRODUCT THAT CAN BE INNOVATED
AN PRODUCED IN DETROIT AND
MAYBE FIND A WIDER IMPLICATION
OTHER THAN DETROIT.
MAYBE MICHIGAN, MAYBE ON A
NATIONAL LEVEL.
>> Tati: WHY NOT.
LYDIA, I'LL ASK YOU: THESE WILL
PROVIDE SOMETHING VERY PRACTICAL
FOR PEOPLE VISITING EASTERN
MARKET.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> WE'RE EXCITED WITH THE TWO
WINDMILLS, ONE WILL BE OUTSIDE
OF SHED 5, AND IT WILL BE A CELL
PHONE CHARGING STATION.
THEY CAN PLUG IN AND GET AN
ELECTRICAL CHARGE FROM IT.
SO YOU GET TO INTERACT WITH IT.
AND THE SECOND WINDMILL AT THE
FORMER GREENING OF DETROIT
MARKET GARDEN SITE AND WILL PUMP
WATER FOR AN URBAN FARM.
>> Tati: SO SHOW US WHAT YOU
BROUGHT IN AND HOW THIS WORKS
WITH THE WINDMILL.
>> I BRUNG IN A WHEEL HUB
BEARING, AND THIS IS REALLY THE
TURBINE.
THIS PROVIDES THE ROTATION
HORIZONTAL AS WELL AS VERTICAL.
AND THIS COMES DIRECT OUT OF THE
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, AND THAT'S
OUR UNIQUE THING IS UPCYCLING,
UTILIZING THINGS THAT ARE IN
PRODUCTION AND RECONFIGURE THEM
IMPLICATIONS.
>> Tati: THIS COULD BE HUGE F
EASTERN MARKET AND THE WHOLE
COUNTRY LITERALLY.
>> THERE IS A CROWD FUNDING PAGE
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE LINK
SO, YEAH, WE'RE REACHING OUT TO