Low Tech Innovation
5 innovative ideas from developing countries:
These are the ideas come up with from our team member for 5 equally innovative ideas.
JOHN
Innovative Product: LELO HEX
LELO HEX is a much stronger condom equipped with high tear resistance, Thus, provides longer durability during sexual intercourse. The main purpose of such innovative product is to promote healthier sex life and allows better birth control. Decrease overpopulation issues which derived from the failure of fertility controls. Another main duty of such condom is to decrease exposure to sexual disease - AIDS. With the lower probability of tearing condom, AIDS will not be spreaded at a reasonable and controlled level.
Calvin
Innovative Product: Envigreen Edible Bags
Made of natural starch and vegetable oils, Envigreen bags look and feel the same as normal plastic bags. They naturally degrade in 180 days and will disintegrate if left in water for a day. It also helps the fauna species since they are edible and have no adverse effects when eaten. In essence, it helps the environment and meets people’s needs at a low cost.
https://www.thebetterindia.com/80252/best-transformative-social-inventions-innovations-india/
Jack
Innovative Product: Paper
Paper Making 105 A.C
In the ancient time, there is nothing easily to record the things. Smart Chinese invented the paper to record the things in the ancient time. The invention of paper greatly affects human history. Paper already existed in China since 105 A.C, however, a eunuch named Cai Lun (ca. 50 AD – 121) made significant innovation and helped drive its widespread adoption. His advanced paper-making technology then spread to central Asia and the world through the Silk Road.
Link: https://china.usc.edu/sites/default/files/forums/Chinese%20Inventions.pdf
May
Wonderbag
In most developing countries, people burning woods or coal as the source of the fire. Considering the toxic gas that created by the stoves or open fires, a proper ventilation becomes necessary, otherwise those gases can cause sickness or even death. Wonderbag is a kind of slow cooker which helps people cut down on the time needed for food to cook on stove or fire. Pot can be placed in the Wonderbag and continues to cook for up to 12 hours once the ingredients are brought to boil.
Harinder
Water Purification System for a villages of Bihar (India)
Due to overuse of chemicals in agricultural farming methods, the groundwater, on which majority of the people rely on for drinking purposes, has got contaminated. This is leading to a rapid increase in the serious health problems such as Cancer. To rectify this problem from root, water purifier are required. However, half of the there are hundreds of villages in India that still do not have electricity. An innovative idea of producing electricity was brought into practice by an Indian engineer based in USA. It started by building toilets for village public, that were used to produce electricity (produced by methane). This electricity was then used to energise the RO purifier. He fixed Toilet problem + Electricity Problem + Water Problem with one single innovation.
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