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The Challenge
How can today’s technology help us make the most of our planet's resources?
Challenge Brief
You shared your imagination with us. We heard your smart ideas about using technology to help us make the most of our planet's resources. We received an inspiring 329 inspirations and 400 concepts. You re-purposed technologies and came up with new uses for them. And we have now chosen the final concept to help shape a cleaner, more sustainable future for our planet. Read the challenge brief
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Concepting is now finished.
We received over 400 great concepts for re-using existing technologies to combat environmental problems in new ways.
They all fall into one or more of the themes which shone through from the inspiration phase.
The expert panel is now examining the concepts to choose the top ones to move on to evaluation phase which starts December 14th!
The Planet Prototype Network
The Planet Prototype Network is an open platform for sharing data and media gathered from devices using technology for positive environmental impact.
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Presence-sensing space heaters to focus, target and adjust temperature
IMAGINE a line of space heaters that could focus, target and adjust warmth based on the number, body size and proximity of nearby people, using Sony presence sensing technology, a bank of servo-controlled heating elements, dye-sensitized solar cells and a PSP remote control. Think of the energy this could save.
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The solution is in the forests
Given this scenario: a deficiency for clean energy and the problems faced in the preservation of forests, we find a way to positively correlate these points: Why not use the forests for energy? We found three ways: higroeletricidade, methane fuel cells and heat generated in the hydrological cycle. But there are not unique, everybody can participe and contribute with your own idea.
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Our focus is primarily on energy and finding creative ways to utilize renewable sources in our daily lives. The fundamental idea is that of promoting renewable energy sources to substitute and in some cases create power sources for our daily use.
Alternative Power Solutions
Our focus is primarily on energy and finding creative ways to utilize renewable sources in our daily lives. The fundamental idea is that of promoting renewable energy sources to substitute and in some cases create power sources for our daily use.
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Congestion Analysers could measure the amount of cars and the speed of the cars on a road it is situated on and send information to sat navs so they can choose faster and more energy efficient routes to take. They can be sent information from local councils on the weather, local events and accidents so that they will send information to a national network and predict which routes to take in the future and at the present bearing in mind these inputs. They can be solar powered to improve green credentials.
Real-time Congestion Analysers to improve Sat-nav guidance
Congestion Analysers could measure the amount of cars and the speed of the cars on a road it is situated on and send information to sat navs so they can choose faster and more energy efficient routes to take. They can be sent information from local councils on the weather, local events and accidents so that they will send information to a national network and predict which routes to take in the future and at the present bearing in mind these inputs. They can be solar powered to improve green credentials.
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Technologies may give a new, exciting and unexpected impulse in achieving worldwide solutions for two of the biggest problems actually involving environmental care and sustainability:
- the problem of waste and rubbish disposal
- the problem of electrical energy needs
Saving the waste produced by a highly developed urban community against exploitation of criminal organization, and treating it in the best possible way, will allow to produce enough electrical power to cover all the needs of the same community.
Achieving self-sufficiency in electric energy requirements... solving the problem of waste disposal
Technologies may give a new, exciting and unexpected impulse in achieving worldwide solutions for two of the biggest problems actually involving environmental care and sustainability:
- the problem of waste and rubbish disposal
- the problem of electrical energy needs
Saving the waste produced by a highly developed urban community against exploitation of criminal organization, and treating it in the best possible way, will allow to produce enough electrical power to cover all the needs of the same community.
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Dye sensitized solar cells-EV car port /garage for green energy refuelling for UK/ N. Europe
The Nissan Leaf, car of the year 2010 reflects increasing uptake of EV (electric vehicle) technology & its spread beyond niche use in wider society. EVs eliminate pollutant & green house gas (GHG) emissions at point of use, there remain emissions linked to their use, but at lower levels due to greater efficiencies in centralised generation than ICE’s, so long as electricity is from fossil fuels. This is the case for the majority of the world. Home generation with solar cells strongly mitigates this; however application has been limited by the cost, relative inefficiencies & min. sunlight levels required.
Using dye sensitized cells in roofing car ports/ garages for EVs offers a solution to this. It also assists EV technology uptake through lower running costs & allows it use in areas outside the electricity network & supports greater uptake without increased load on the existing supply network. Underlying this is the idea of using one technology to drive the uptake of another.
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C3TS: Complete Comprehensive Clean Transportation Solution
The Concept is designed to solve the basic challenges in clean transportation and allied technologies.
#Emission checks and control mechanism
#Ineffective and non-inclusive Carpooling
#Efficient route mapping and traffic flow management
#Knowledge and technical skill deficiency
#Environmental responsibility
#Technology stagnation
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This gadget would capture the energy from motion, which would then be recycled
Motion Capturing Gadget
This gadget would capture the energy from motion, which would then be recycled
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Design, develop and install local sensor monitoring devices at eco-volunteers houses to measure how big is their personal footprint.
Self-regulated Houses and Eco-volunteers
Design, develop and install local sensor monitoring devices at eco-volunteers houses to measure how big is their personal footprint.
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This concept brings together all of the sustainable ideas that are currently in this world and applies them to a transport industry, decreasing the need for private transport, making going to work less hectic, being stuck on the mororway in traffic jams.
Rails Overhauled
This concept brings together all of the sustainable ideas that are currently in this world and applies them to a transport industry, decreasing the need for private transport, making going to work less hectic, being stuck on the mororway in traffic jams.
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I am a frequent bus user and whilst standing at a bus stop on a very cold day i realized that, as the exhaust fumes were visible, they hurled from side to side as the cars went past in a great torrent of wind and if we could harness this flurry of wind that cars pick up we could generate electricity from it.
motor way wind catching
I am a frequent bus user and whilst standing at a bus stop on a very cold day i realized that, as the exhaust fumes were visible, they hurled from side to side as the cars went past in a great torrent of wind and if we could harness this flurry of wind that cars pick up we could generate electricity from it.
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StreamStation
Working from home reduces commuting, reduces carbon emissions, and can help many people achieve a better work/life balance. However although current technology has made working at home technically feasible for many people, there is one aspect of the office which most miss: the social aspect, the camaraderie, those 'water cooler' moments. In addition, despite the possibilities of applications such as Skype, working in a team is more difficult when the members are physically remote from each other.
StreamStation addresses this by re-connecting home workers with their chosen work or social group. It's extremely simple, consisting of 2 flat screens and a webcam/mic which fit onto one corner of the desk, and stream continuous live 'ambient' video and audio feeds from other users' desks to each other. So suddenly your home office or study is part of a cluster, and you're part of a social workspace again!
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Using GPS and Geotags to recycle the right way
When it’s time to dispose of, for example electronics, most of us don’t know where to put it and it can sometimes even end up in the wrong waste bin. We want people to find an easy way to access the right location to dispose of their waste. Smartphone applications have the potential to be the perfect tool for increasing recycling rates. By using a smartphone application it is possible to gain information about locations for recycling, through the GPS Platform, as well as information about the waste, using Geotags. The pedagogic of the application should be such that anyone can use it.
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Gener-8 - the mass-produced, clean energy generator for daily life.
The Gener-8 is a small, mass-produced generator, designed to harness the vast amounts of energy all around us every day. At the opposite end of the scale from wind-farms and hydroelectric dams, they would be used in great numbers, blending in with the normal infrastructure of modern life.
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Our future lies upon the resources which are disappearing from the planet.
Public Awareness
Our future lies upon the resources which are disappearing from the planet.
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Wire up qym equimpemt to the national grid to sellback to power stations. Much the same way as with solar power.
Add gyms to the national grid
Wire up qym equimpemt to the national grid to sellback to power stations. Much the same way as with solar power.
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Provide a central schools network that enable schools to publish interests and skills and provide access to other interested schools. For instance, a school in London may be interested in learning more about the history or culture of a school in the middle east or far east.
International Network of Schools (Video-Conferencing/ VOIP)
Provide a central schools network that enable schools to publish interests and skills and provide access to other interested schools. For instance, a school in London may be interested in learning more about the history or culture of a school in the middle east or far east.
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Personal Paper Recycle machine
A small personal paper recycle machine which could enable people to recycle paper at their home, hence avoiding the often wastage of half written papers.
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Keep it simple! Start with the basics.
1. Firstly start by asking do we really need this technology? Does it really need power?
2. Where possible all products should have a sustainable chraging e.g wind up or solar.
3. All chargers should be universal and not provided with the electronic product but sold separately.
4 Research should be transparent into the affect of wireless technology on humans as well as other species.
Keep it simple! Start with the basics!
Keep it simple! Start with the basics.
1. Firstly start by asking do we really need this technology? Does it really need power?
2. Where possible all products should have a sustainable chraging e.g wind up or solar.
3. All chargers should be universal and not provided with the electronic product but sold separately.
4 Research should be transparent into the affect of wireless technology on humans as well as other species.
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