YANGON • In a ramshackle workshop behind a bustling Yangon market, Mr Kyi Tha fixes the plastic propeller of a home-made drone, one of a growing number of enthusiasts refusing to let poverty clip the wings of their high-tech dreams.
A new generation of creative young inventors have turned to the Internet to catch up with the rest of the world, after years of isolation under junta rule left the country with little access to engineering expertise or cutting-edge technology.
"Studying drone technology is not easy in Myanmar. So we watched video clips about it on YouTube," said Mr Kyi Tha, admitting he watched clips for months, patiently enduring notoriously slow Web connections in his search for knowledge. "After experimenting for one year, we could do many things," he said. (Courtesy of The Straits Times)
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