We all must have heard and noticed the impact the technology-based society is having on the planet and is affecting the Mother Earth adversely. The resources contributing to the disaster are the cars, energy factories and most importantly the over-consumption of the earth's natural resources.
They are the chief causes for all the environment and health-related problems. But, the optimistic approach is that the scientists and the inventors are not just giving birth to the disastrous resources but there is also a folk of scientists who are making efforts to improvise lives across the planet.
6 Futuristic Technologies With the Ability to Save Our Environment
Below we would discuss a few of such inventions (or soon to be coming in existence):
1. Technology that can make the Ocean water drinkable
The industrial-scale desalination plants are capable enough to make the salty ocean water fit to be drunk. But, these plants are costly to be set up and run and could cause serious damage to marine life as well as the environment as they produce greenhouse gases. A large amount of energy is used to run such plants thus making the whole system dearer.
The solution to this problem has been searched by the scientists of UK as they have developed a sieve made out of graphene which is capable to filter the salt with relatively less energy consumption. This invention would be helpful to provide clean, safe and drinkable water, thus solving the serious issue for many.
2. Technology that can make Bitcoin Mining Eco-friendly
Recently, Pieta has come up with a new kind of mining/hashing technology which has the potential to minimize the harmful impacts of Bitcoin mining on the ecosystem. It does so by reducing the energy consumption in the mining process by keeping the hardware cool, which eventually helps save the environment.
You’re probably aware of the popularity of Bitcoins and also the complexity involved in the mining of these cryptocurrencies. The most significant problem is the high energy consumption in mining which increases its cost and also adversely affects our environment. Pieta will encourage the use of green solar energy in the mining process, which is cheaper and compatible with our environment.
3. A plane that emits water vapor instead of carbon
It is for the first time, an aeroplane, which is run on electrical current from a supply of hydrogen and oxygen supported by a battery, has been invented that could carry four people at a time and the only emission is water vapor.
André Thess from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) helped build the aircraft. He makes hope to create emission-free air taxis like the HY4 that could make the small trips easier and more eco-friendly.
4. Biodegradable bullets
It is for the first time that the US Military looks concerned about the environmental issues being created by the ammunition being used by them during training exercises. According to Pentagon, these ammunitions take hundreds of years to biodegrade and they contain components that could harm the soil and water.
Thus, the US Department of Defense has proposed new ammunition that contains seeds to produce food for animals. The seeds used in this ammunition for training would be the one to be producing environment-friendly plants which could remove soil contaminants and consume the biodegradable components as well from the soil.
5. A drone that pollinates like insects
As we know, almost 75% of the world's crops, fruits and flowers are the results of pollination done by the insects, bees, and butterflies but, as per a UN report, a group of insect pollinators is going to become extinct in the days to come, which would cause serious problems in terms of food availability.
To overcome such a serious issue, researchers from Japan are testing drones and are hopeful that these drones would be a success in pollinating just like the small insects. In this context, the initial research was a success in pollinating a large flower with such a drone. But, a lot more work is still to be done in this area.
6. A plant-based 'plastic' that doesn't pollute
Plastics cannot be decomposed. This is a known fact which disturbed the cool of an Indonesian entrepreneur Kevin Kumala during a rainy day when he saw a lot of vinyl ponchos which has been used to cover the motorcycles and he recognized that there should be some substitute to these nondegradable elements. Thus, he along with his partner, made ponchos, bags and food packaging from cassava, which is a very common vegetable in Indonesia completely decomposable.
Later in 2014, Kumala launched his company, Avani Eco, in which every day four tons of cassava-plastic products are produced.
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