Disclaimer: I'm not rewriting this journal back but I just want to highlight what I considered as important innovations of all, besides it didn't stated there "Copyright.......". It's not a case of plagiarism but I think people like you have to know about these things. For me, it is so cool and I wished I would come up with an idea that one day enable people around the world to live a better, meaningful life.
Okie here it goes. I only picked a handful of innovations that I think helped a lot and which innovations would give huge impact to the society.
1.
Ambulances with Solar Panel
It all started with four entrepreneurs in Mumbai, India, who launched an ambulance company called 1298 (which happened to be the number you have to dial for service), a couple of years ago. To keep the equipment inside going on, the ambulance had to drive around, while giving free rides for the poor (isn't that wonderful!!!). The solar panel on the roof was installed in 2008 to power the equipment inside when the ambulance is not running, and an effective way to cut down on fuel and car emmisions. Wow!!!
2.
Foot-Pressure Pump
Lower-cost design and it sells at $30. $30, can you imagine that? Compare with other human-powered pumps that costs you around $100, no wonder this thing sold thousands since late 2007. This man in Myanmar used the foot-pump designed by several students taking a course at Stanford University called Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability. They came up with lighter foot-powered pump (similar to those used to refill your tyre tubes) that uses a simplified linkage between the treadles that sucks the water and pressurizes it. Great huh??? Never think about it though. And it looked great when you wanted to have a work out in the evening and at the same time watching over your crop.
3.
Solar-Powered Refrigerator
Developed by Promethean Power Mass of Cambridge, Massachusetts, this innovation, a solar-powered off-grid refrigeration system for chilling milk could benefit rural dairy farmers in India where electricity is unreliable. The farmers store the milk in the cooler's 500-liter tank. Then the dairy plants pick up the milk every other day instead of twice daily. This innovation is in the design of low-cost heat exchangers. The working prototype was built in Boston last year (2009) and now receives its first order from a large dairy in India. Cost: $9,000, but will save the dairy money due to reduce transportation costs and spoilage. Mmm, yummy...fresh, cool milk.
4.
Windbelt
You've heard of wind turbine generator, but how about windbelt? Yup, folks, windbelt, another solution to alternative energy invented by Shawn Frayne. His company, Humdinger Wind Energy, based in Hawaii, built the windbelt devices that harness wind moving across a tense membrane or belt and pull energy from the wind (I don't know exactly how this thing work). He believes his devices will deliver power for five cents per kilowatt hour (minus installation costs), which is about one third Californians pay for their electricity. As of now, he is currently in negotiations to license the technology to other companies for uses such as powering mobile towers, wireless routers and possibly power to the grid. Thinking of your own personal mobile wireless router that you could bring along anywhere with the above technology, now that's cool.
So folks, what are you waiting for??? Power those brains up, and get brainstorming, for your idea could crawl its way to become another solution towards better life. And better, you could establish a company based on your idea. Something to think off...
P.S: This article was taken from Forbes. I thought this innovations are cool, so I decided to base this post on it. Something for your to think...
Till next time...
Auf wiedersehn...
