Friday, September 13, 2024.
A curious manner – however with scientific rationale – of storing water in a dry area. Chilly.
That is the topic of at present’s article, despatched by an enthusiastic 85-year-old geographer reader.
Earlier than detailing the answer, the submission exhibits that we’re all attentive and keen to assist, it doesn’t matter what. It additionally exhibits regional functions and options. And that maybe superheroes are literally those that silently put some creativity into apply, positively impacting the “smaller” world round them.
If it’s a query of recognition, in the end the trouble finally ends up being observed. Keep in mind that case that even grew to become a film, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”? Right here the Official trailer and one video TED with the “boy” himself, William Kamkwamba do Malawi, Africa.
And it ended up being acknowledged and awarded by an vital world model, Rolex, via Perpetual Planet Initiatives.
However what’s the inventor’s “idea”?
Easy. The upper the temperature, the higher the evaporation. In different phrases, if the water is already within the liquid part, the following part in a hotter and extra open setting could be its loss within the type of vapor. Within the case of ice, there’s another part earlier than evaporation, the liquid part. This could then be used for irrigation.
An concept that deserves the prize and publicity. Definitely a number of million earthlings can profit.
See extra here about the Rolex Awards and the greater than 160 award winners, amongst 37 thousand tasks evaluated for the reason that starting of the initiative in 1978.
