desperate times call for desperate
measures
welcome to watch mojo and today we'll be
counting down our picks
for the top 10 inventions that could
save our planet for this list we're
looking at the most promising ideas and
creations
that could help prevent environmental
disaster
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number 10. pollination drone pollinators
including bees wasps and butterflies are
a vital part of the planet's ecosystem
responsible for maintaining the plant
life
we need to breathe but climate change
coupled with the widespread use of
insecticides for farming
is putting the world's insects at risk
bee activity is low when it's cold and
this reduces pollination
instead of obese drones can do the work
in the event of a worst case scenario
some scientists in the netherlands have
been working on groundbreaking
pollination drones
able to fill the shoes of bees
everywhere should the fabled insect
apocalypse come to fruition
while losing our pollinators would be a
tragedy hopefully the drones will enable
more threatened species to survive
climate disaster
we can literally look at the plant level
and tell if a plant is
thirsty the plant needs nutrients or if
a plant is sick
number nine coral reef cooler the coral
reefs have become a prominent issue in
the fight against climate change as the
great barrier reef dwindles and dies
the death of the reefs puts the tropical
fish species living in them at great
risk as well
along with many ocean creatures who rely
on the reefs for food
but one engineer based in arizona moe
sani may have found the solution to
coral bleaching
the reason for coral bleaching is
primarily rising sea temperatures
so asani wants to install large pipes to
pump cold water from the ocean's depths
up to the reefs to cool them down again
these unique large diameter pipes can be
made continuously on a boat
and placed at the bottom of the ocean a
simple pump
powered by the waves can deliver cool
water
from deep portions directly to these
dying columns
then they can start to heal number eight
paper upcyclers
with deforestation only increasing it's
in everybody's best interest to cut down
on how much paper we use
printer manufacturer epson is leading
the charge in this regard with their new
paper lab
this machine can be installed in offices
banks schools and other businesses to
allow people to reuse their own waste
paper
the machine upcycles it and spits out
fresh sheets giving users a potentially
infinite supply
without chopping down any more trees so
the paper's put into the hopper
the front of device and it's
defibrilized it's mechanically broken
down
and this is far more secure than
shredding any information that's
on the paper at this point is completely
and utterly
obliterated while the paper lab machines
are currently
very large in the future perhaps we'll
have smaller ones in our own homes
drastically reducing the demand for
paper number seven
air inc when indian inventor anurud
sharma realized the suit in mumbai's
polluted air was staining his clothes
he had the idea to recycle the exhaust
fumes themselves and use them for
something completely different
he created startup graviky labs and
invented a filter able to capture
95 of carbon soot from any vehicle that
produces exhaust fumes which he then
turns into art supplies the reason why
we're getting all this popularity is
simplicity of the idea
so whenever you see an uncontrolled
combustion happening when you burn
any kind of fossil fuel there's unburned
carbon
and this is the problem and this is uh
exactly the thing that we use to make
our inks
these supplies called air ink include
spray cans oil-based paints and pens
the products quickly earned over forty
thousand dollars on kickstarter
much more than their original fourteen
thousand dollar goal
encouraging artists globally to try and
tackle air pollution in this unique way
soon thousands of black and white
pollution made artwork started emerging
on a global scale
and believe me for a group of scientists
and engineers and inventors
there was nothing more satisfying that
the produce of their work is now being
used by some of the finest artists
around the world number six eco capsules
with the popularity of micro homes and
unconventional living spaces booming
the eco capsule is a green initiative
for those most dedicated eco warriors
while typically costing nearly a hundred
thousand dollars it's not a cheap option
compared to mobile homes or camping
it certainly adds a degree of luxury to
battling the climate disaster
powered by rooftop solar panels and a
wind turbine the capsules look like eggs
and can be installed almost anywhere
here's the interior
it has a folding bed a table two chairs
a little kitchen a toilet and a shower
so pretty much everything you need for
basic living
in the future company founder sona
polova wants to create capsules capable
of withstanding extreme temperatures and
conditions
with the eco capsule the world is
literally your oyster
the philosophy of this object is very
simple
and dependent living in nature something
like the pioneers in america who used to
go
far away and live off the greed this is
free living without any permanent
connection
number five thermal hydrolysis just like
every other creature on earth
humans produce waste but there are ways
to use this waste to our advantage
thermal hydrolysis involves boiling
sludge in order to sterilize it
so that it can be used as fertilizer or
even to generate electricity so the
thermal hydrolyzes as a
particular technology which is dedicated
on a sludge
reduction and also to take the value
from the
sludge after digestion as well as sewage
the process
can also use food waste or industrial
waste using extremely toxic materials
and sterilizing them so they can be
recycled
we provide the benefits in terms of
carpet savings to the wastewater
treatment plant owners
can build one third of the normal sized
digester
we improve biogas production and we
produce
50 less cake it's better than
conventional sewage treatment because
it's cleaner
healthier and cheaper in the long term
and apparently it doesn't smell quite as
bad as sewage usually does
number four water vapor airplane another
way to combat air pollution is by
getting rid of the pollutants altogether
while electric vehicles are getting more
and more popular
german inventor joseph callow is aiming
to change the face of aviation
he has plans to create an air taxi an
electric plane that runs on batteries
and water vapor
called the hy4 the hi-4 is an electrical
emission-free aircraft
the energy of the hydrogen which we
carried on board
is converted directly and then fuel cell
into electricity it's a passenger
aircraft which is completely carbon
neutral
and calo is aiming to get them installed
widely in germany before moving on to
the rest of the world
an important task with this plane is to
show that the reliability
of the hydrogen fuel cell is so high
that we can transport passengers
the hy4 gets us one step closer to
sustainable transportation and a carbon
neutral society
number three ocean cleanup few causes
have received as much attention as the
polluted oceans
and there are numerous initiatives to
try and clean the seas
the largest of these is the ocean
cleanup which promises to build an
enormous floating pipe to gather and get
rid of pieces
from the great pacific garbage patch
which is now at least three times larger
than france
on a smaller scale is the sieben project
founded by australian surfers
siglinski a surfer from australia and
his business partner
dreamed up the sea bin three years ago
frustrated by the growing amount of
plastic
and pollutants littering the water this
device also collects trash from the sea
and can be installed in any body of
water
a company based in chile called burio is
combating ocean waste by recycling it
into skateboards and sunglasses
while florida and company's saltwater
brewery is creating edible six-pack
rings to lessen the threat to sea life
saltwater brewery presents edible
six-pack rings
a six-pack ring that feeds animals
instead of killing them
number two multi-purpose solar panels
solar panels are a great thing but
installing them can be very expensive
meaning there are lots of people who
aren't reaping their benefits
multiple companies are trying to put
solar panels on as many surfaces as
possible though
so that everybody can use clean energy
initiatives include making windows out
of panels to power whole buildings
as well as phone screens so you rarely
have to charge your devices
most interesting is the solar roadways
scheme which aims to give entire
highways a solar surface
though these are proving tricky there is
a project in
the united states called solar roadways
which consist of
concrete slabs including the solar cells
plus tempered glass on top of it
conventional panels are also being
upgraded with mit
recently trialling bacteria to conduct
electricity and drastically improve
their efficiency
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
water-soluble bags these alternatives to
single-use plastic bags dissolve in
water
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trash interceptors baltimore's mr trash
wheel is proving influential
john kellett designed and built the
trash wheels solar and water powered
machines
that collect floating trash and drop it
into dumpsters water rotor
this water turbine generates energy and
slow currents
water rotor over the last eight years
has been the only company that's
actually been able to prove
and extract energy from flows that are
moving as slow as
even as slow as one mile per hour before
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number one alternative plastics there's
no denying that plastic is a major
pollutant
and decades of single-use disposable
plastics have wrought havoc on the
natural world
the problem is that plastic is very
effective as a packaging container or
material
so people have been trying to come up
with alternative options with all the
benefits but none of the problems
agar is an eco-friendly packaging
material that might take over from
plastic and paper
and indonesian company ivani eco have
worked out how to make plastic out of
cassava
vegetables finally scientists working in
japan
recently discovered the enzyme pet ace
capable of breaking down plastics to
their raw components so that they can be
recycled
so maybe the future will be plastic free
after all
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