The inventors that will occupy us a lot in 2021

There are people who come up with innovative solutions to make the future even more impressive. Even in the difficult year we left behind, the visionaries did not stop dreaming of the next day of humanity. As the planet tries to rethink life in the post-coronavirus era, inventors continue to push […]

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There are people who come up with innovative solutions to make the future even more impressive.

Even in the difficult year we left behind, the visionaries did not stop dreaming of the next day of humanity.

As the planet tries to rethink life in the aftermath coronavirus Nowadays, inventors continue to push the boundaries of science and technology by delivering what everyone thinks the world needs.

And the truth is that in 2020 we saw a lot of very interesting things, despite the fact that most of them were busy with Covid-19 and all the misery he brought to the universe.

Five of them will definitely occupy us in the future…

"Like any good Mexican, I ate two eggs for breakfast every day. "And like any good Texan, I did barbecue every Sunday." This is what Arturo Elizondo used to say without much thought, until he learned about the catastrophic effects that the livestock.

And so he looked for a better, more sustainable way to make animal protein. And already since 2014 founded Clara Foods, together with biologist David Anchel, a business initiative with one goal: to remove animals from the animal protein equation.

In a manner similar to that used in alcoholic fermentation, where simple sugars are converted to alcohol, Clara Foods uses enzymes and sugar to create animal products.

Elizondo always had eggs in mind, one of the hardest things to find an alternative. Somewhere around 1 trillion eggs are consumed every year in the universe, but you need more than 2.000 liters of water for a dozen of them, as he typically says.

Clara Foods has managed to make (and now markets) animal protein without animals. Elizondo and his associates have not escaped from their lab for 6 years, but in 2021 they are ready to hatch.

The visionary is ready, as he says, to present to humanity the first egg made without a hen. Speaking of world-historical changes, that is…

The coronavirus pandemic particularly plagued their territory public transport. Anyone who had a way to get around in their own vehicle did not think twice.

Seeing the forced change of morals, designer Andrea Ponti and founder of the eponymous Ponti Design Studio said to re-envision the way we move en masse.

His guide was social distance. This is the central idea behind the island, of electric and autonomous tram which is specially designed for Hong Kong after the pandemic (the city where Ponti lives).

"When the pandemic hit Hong Kong, many people turned to private transportation solutions, causing a dramatic increase in traffic, pollution and noise," he said. "What makes Island attractive is that it helps solve all these problems."

So instead of people sitting in rows, here the seats are arranged in a circle, on "islands", so that they have their backs to each other. The double advantage: Everyone has visual access to the windows and at the same time maintains social distance.

"For me this is a safer way to move, but also a nicer way to see the sights of the city, to see the Hong Kong from another point of view ".

Ponti started designing his fully self-propelled tram in March 2020 and now even has ready-made prototypes in his hands.

Now his vision is being tested and it will probably not be long before we see it on the streets, as the investors who were interested in his idea are not few.

Autonomous driving remains one of the great bets of humanity, but it concerns vehicles that hit the road. Or not.

Why in April 2021 The Mayflower Autonomous Ship will be launched, one of the first self-propelled ships in the world (in real dimensions).

The incredible ship from all sides will start from Plymouth, England and will sail, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, in Massachusetts, USA. It is indeed the tomorrow of sea travel that comes an hour earlier.

Mayflower is a collaboration between the marine research organization ProMare and IBM, which developed artificial intelligence systems that allow it to navigate the ocean without human intervention.

The experimental vessel that is expected to revolutionize its field is a vision of Brett Phaneuf, who is the co-founder and director of the project. Its goal is for scientists to be able to study the oceans without having to be in the water.

No worries about where the crew will sleep and what they will eat, the boat can accommodate more research equipment and stay longer in the sea.

"If it works as planned, then it will significantly reduce the cost of collecting data from the sea," says Phaneuf, "which will lead to a better understanding of the oceans and climate."

On his very first voyage, he will collect meteorological and oceanographic data, as well as water samples to study its purity.

When he was 12, designer Kennyjie Marcellino (known only to his little one) got stuck in Indonesia dengue fever. "Because my parents could offer me long-term care in the hospital, I was one of the privileged children who left alive," he said.

But he never overcame it and has set a life goal since then to make something to stop all these deadly diseases that mosquitoes carry. That was the inspiration behind the famous Quito.

While vacationing in Bali, Kennyjie noticed how ineffective the locals' prevention methods were. And so he sat down to design his own.

Quito, which won the James Dyson Award in 2020, employs a simple chemical reaction to release carbon dioxide and an artificial human odor to attract mosquitoes. And then the sucks in the cabin.

By attracting insects instead of repelling them, the device reduces their populations mosquitoes, and therefore the possibility of the spread of communicable diseases. It is designed for tropical places to reduce the risk of epidemics from all over the world traveling to exotic destinations and then returning home.

Kennyjie has traveled to many areas and villages in Indonesia to make sure Quito's design respects local traditions, the economy and the climate and is part of the "geographical context they will need".

In 2021, Kennyjie continues the test of his invention at his home in Melbourne, Australia, until the international border is reopened and he can test it in real life.

She is 15 years old and is already a recognized inventor, probably the youngest of them all. THE Gitanjali Rao will not only concern us in 2021, but undoubtedly in the years to come.

After all, she has already managed some of the most pressing problems plaguing the world and her generation: lack of drinking water, opioid addiction, and even cyberbullying.

When she heard about a community in Michigan that does not have access to clean water, she was shocked that many people in the United States and around the world do not have access to drinking water. What did he do;

He invented Tethys, a sensor that detects the presence of lead in water by loading data into an application so that the user can easily and quickly see if sample water is being drunk.

After solving the problem, he targeted the drug scourge. Her creative mind performed here Epione, a diagnostic method that can detect her dependence from opioid drugs at the very beginning of addiction.

Why did he deal with opioids? Because a family friend had developed a drug addiction after a serious car accident.

As far as cyberbullying, the new scourge of her generation, faced it with the Kindly. An artificial intelligence software that detects negative and harmful comments, urging users who send them to change them, expressing them in a non-offensive way.

"My motivation to solve society's problems started in a very simple way: to solve problems that we face on a daily basis. I try to understand them and find ways to manage them. I do not always succeed, but sometimes I feel that I have contributed in some way ".

Rao is currently connected to 35.000 students from 4 continents and they are discussing problems and solutions. For 2021 he tells us that he has many ideas in the works. Time magazine named her "child of the year" for 2020.

While in 2019 Forbes had it in the list of "30 under 30". Of course, she did not have even half the years of the others…

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