FE: Embracing the Earth
Date Published: 4/12/2023
Dear reader, we’re wishing you a beautiful Earth month! Here are a few fun green inventions that may spark ideas for your next idea!
1) Drinkable seawater
When Maria Telkes was only twenty years old, she invented a system of solar distillation that can make seawater drinkable. The system planned to pour salt water into a special container covered with a transparent glass sheet, which was to be exposed to the sun, so the sun’s rays could carry out his own water purified.
An Italian student, Gabriele Diamanti, also has patented a similar system called solar desalination. This device can generate about 5 liters of freshwater per day. The system is called Eliodomestico and is similar to a Moka coffee machine upside down, where the upper part is filled with saltwater, which evaporates with solar energy and is pushed towards the bottom of the furnace through a capacitor to be then collected with a plate that is extracted from the bottom. Several families, especially for countries in trouble, can then have access to freshwater where before was not possible.
Also the University of Delf in the Netherlands, has succeeded in a similar mindset: Everything is based on the technology of windmills, collecting seawater and exerting pressure to release salt, making water drinkable.
Maybe one day, there will be no more issues with drinkable water
2) Ecological umbrella
An upside-down umbrella invented in Japan collects water thru a small plastic tube that collects the water in a tank one holds under an arm.
3) The solar cooker
With the invention of solar cookers, it’s now possible to cook instead without gas cylinders or electricity. Several have the ability to heat water and make it drinkable thanks to solar panels!
https://www.treehugger.com/best-solar-ovens-5120148
Thank you for reading! We welcome your comments and ideas below.
Akasha Lin
Akasha Garnier for #TheWishwall
Author, Brand Expert, Filmmaker
http://www.akashagarnier.com
#ShineThroughtheNoise
Discover more gems: http://thewishwall.org/future-entrepreneurs
1) Drinkable seawater
When Maria Telkes was only twenty years old, she invented a system of solar distillation that can make seawater drinkable. The system planned to pour salt water into a special container covered with a transparent glass sheet, which was to be exposed to the sun, so the sun’s rays could carry out his own water purified.
An Italian student, Gabriele Diamanti, also has patented a similar system called solar desalination. This device can generate about 5 liters of freshwater per day. The system is called Eliodomestico and is similar to a Moka coffee machine upside down, where the upper part is filled with saltwater, which evaporates with solar energy and is pushed towards the bottom of the furnace through a capacitor to be then collected with a plate that is extracted from the bottom. Several families, especially for countries in trouble, can then have access to freshwater where before was not possible.
Also the University of Delf in the Netherlands, has succeeded in a similar mindset: Everything is based on the technology of windmills, collecting seawater and exerting pressure to release salt, making water drinkable.
Maybe one day, there will be no more issues with drinkable water
2) Ecological umbrella
An upside-down umbrella invented in Japan collects water thru a small plastic tube that collects the water in a tank one holds under an arm.
3) The solar cooker
With the invention of solar cookers, it’s now possible to cook instead without gas cylinders or electricity. Several have the ability to heat water and make it drinkable thanks to solar panels!
https://www.treehugger.com/best-solar-ovens-5120148
Thank you for reading! We welcome your comments and ideas below.
Akasha Lin
Akasha Garnier for #TheWishwall
Author, Brand Expert, Filmmaker
http://www.akashagarnier.com
#ShineThroughtheNoise
Discover more gems: http://thewishwall.org/future-entrepreneurs
