Hello all, good morning.
Today I was invited here to talk about a subject that I think is very interesting.
Energy.
As we know, modern life is very dependent on energy.
Every day that passes, we see diverse types of electric appliances coming out on the market,
and many are unnecessary, as far as I can tell, but others are very interesting, present
many benefits.
As is the case of laptops and smartphones.
Recently, I read a very interesting report about the use of smart phones on an Indian
reservation, to control the reservation.
I think this is very interesting.
You can pause it, please.
Now, the greatest problem of using these gadgets is that they tend to consume a large amount
of energy, right?
And as we know, energy on our planet is generated in a totally dirty way, mainly utilizing non-renewable
fuels such as petroleum, natural gas and coal.
Start it up, Edu.
According to recent data, coal, coal burning, is responsible for almost half of the CO2
emissions in the world.
Which proves how primitive we are in relation to energy, right?
Other kinds of energy considered to be clean, such as hydropower, have various types of
socio-environmental problems.
As we can see in the case of the Belo Monte hydropower plant, right?
Where the greatest debate is about the removal of communities that live there and the destruction
of local ecosystems.
So this is a big issue there.
What we actually need is to implement clean energy.
A lot is already implemented, right?
Its true that it’s not much currently, but they do make a difference.
Which is what’s happening with solar, wind and biogas energy, and energy from the ocean.
The fact is that this kind of energy helps to reduce gas emissions that cause the greenhouse
effect and such.
Besides these options, solutions, we need to think about different things, right?
Along with modernizing our energy, our energy grid, we need to think about innovative solutions,
that aggregate various types of value.
I believe that one of these solutions is the human body.
Let it play, Edu.
Have you stopped to think about the quantity of energy that we use, spend, daily?
That we produce?
During a walk, at the gym, during a bicycle ride?
It’s a lot of energy, right?
Now, the fact is that this energy is little used.
What we should do is incentivize the use of these technologies.
You can stop it now, Edu.
I define this energy in two sections.
First, active energy, the type of energy that you need to have extra force to generate energy.
Like turning a crank or even pumping something.
And passive energy that is generated through daily movements.
What is inherent to our body, like when walking, swaying our arms, lots of kinetic energy.
Let it play, Edu.
And among these passive energies, there are our bodily functions, physiological functions,
with our thermal energy, that can generate, produce energy from this, our heart, right?
We have pulses and such, heart beats.
I think our respiration is very interesting.
There is a lot of air that we let out, and breathe in it is a lot of energy.
You can stop it, Edu.
What this means is that what we need to do is stop seeing ourselves as problems.
I believe that human beings are always exaggerating the problem.
I don’t know what it is, I’m not going to solve it for this, this, and this reason,
its a problem, human beings are destroying the planet, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.
But we don’t stop to think that we are the solution.
We can be the solution creating innovative ideas or solutions, doing the right thing,
you know?
We can be the solution and we can also generate energy.
I think that this is the great evolution of the human body, which even José Cordeiro
spoke about, the junction of the machine with the body.
I think that this is going to happen, I hope that it happens.
Let it play, Edu.
So, we have to see ourselves as a solution.
This is the whole issue.
And as I was presented, I am a product designer, with a focus on sustainability, I am focused
on sustainability, and I am crazy about design with a conceptual focus.
And so I am here to present a project that I developed, Marconi told you about the award,
I want to present it to you, in truth, I want to help to inspire you all.
Edu, play the second.
Well, I would like to present my product to you, the Aire Concept.
Aire is a mask that you put on your face and, using the energy of your breath, the movement
of the air, you generate energy.
And also use the heat of your breath, transforming it into electric energy.
I believe that this will also be possible in the future, because it is still in development,
but I believe that there is a market, maybe in the future and other possible applications.
But imagine using a mask like this, you here would already be generating energy.
Energy 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.
You don’t need to do anything: you can be stopped in place.
If you want more energy, go running.
This means that the machine incentivizes physical activity.
But you can generate energy even when sleeping.
You can generate energy in any way.
And I think that the most interesting thing isn’t the
product itself but the idea of energy micro-generation.
From our own bodies.
I think that this idea is really interesting and really current.
I can see other very interesting applications such as for example in the medical area, in
rescues, in rescue gear, in camping, etcetera.
I think that there are a lot of possibilities.
Another possibility that I think is interesting is using it to charge the Darth Vader mask.
The digital visor could be charged like this, it would be interesting.
Maybe he uses it and we don’t even know.
But, anyway, this is the mask and I hope that you feel inspired.
Because what I really wanted wasn’t to present the product, but to present an idea that I
think is a really good idea.
And I hope to inspire people to do good too.
Thank you all.