9 simple but vitally important inventions of our time
Technological progress has given to humanity by nuclear energy, the ability to explore space and to use the Internet. Unfortunately, with all this, not all inhabitants of the planet provided such simple things, such as drinking water and electricity. Fortunately, there are people who are not global challenges, simple and effective solutions that are vital for people in different parts of the world.
Of the invention, about which we will tell you, useful, easy to use and accessible to those who need them most. They solve problems that people face on a daily basis from year to year and therefore this development is much more important nuclear reactors, submarines and electric vehicles.
If you have no money in air conditioning or in your house has no electricity, it does not mean that the cool air will be for you luxury. A simple but effective conditioner bottles will help to cool the air in the room by 5 degrees.
The device uses physical effect Joule-Thomson, in which the air is cooled by passing through the neck of the bottle. Lowering the air temperature by 5 degrees is quite a bit, but for millions of people living in poverty in hot countries air conditioning becomes a way to make life a little more comfortable.
The world is full of places where people even in the twenty-first century are preparing your meals on an open fire. In desert and steppe areas of the planet cooking becomes a real quest because of the need to get some fuel for the fire.
A group of students from the University of Cambridge have suggested to use for cooking solar energy in the desert regions of the Earth galore. They proposed the oven just need the clear sky — the brighter the sun, the faster will be prepared dinner.
Almost 2 billion people on the planet suffer from iron deficiency. Long time, no one could figure out how to solve this problem, having such a global scale. Simple and at the same time very unusual decision came up with a simple student from Canada. The guy offered to throw in the water in which food is prepared, a piece of pure iron in the shape of a fish.
Many reacted to this invention skeptical, but then it turned out that 12 months of using this fish greatly increases the iron content in the blood. Due to this huge number of people in different countries had the opportunity to get rid of health problems.
Quality drinking water is a luxury for many regions of the world. Hundreds of millions of people suffer from infections and impurities contained in water. They get sick and even die because nobody can give them the available treatment technology. One of the Swiss companies care about these poor fellows, and has developed a special filter straw.
This device easily fits in your pocket, able to clear 4 thousand liters of water. If we consider the daily rate of consumption per person, it becomes clear that this straw can provide its owner with water as much as 3 years.
On Earth there are places where shoes are still considered a luxury to afford even the sandals, not everyone can. As for children, the feet are constantly growing, the supply of shoes is converted to many families in an impossible task.
To ensure kids footwear helped a very caring inventor, who offered to produce shoes with adjustable size. It is simple and it can be increased with the help of simple manipulations in just a few minutes.
For billion people on the African continent, the quest for water is the most common thing. Sometimes, to get essential moisture, you need to go a considerable distance. Of course, to carry a supply of water in this case is not easy and inventors came up with a simple and convenient transporting.
This 90-liter barrel of durable plastic, which with a pen can roll along the ground. These devices cost about $ 125, but the majority of them distributed in the form of grant aid. Barrels already use almost 500 thousand people in 48 countries in Africa and Asia.
If the child is born prematurely, his body incapable of effective temperature management. Therefore, premature babies are placed in special boxes that maintain the optimal temperature.
Unfortunately, these boxes are rare in clinics in third world countries and this greatly reduces the chance of a newborn survival. The original solution to this important problem was proposed by a non-profit organization from India. Their thermal blanket for babies is able to maintain the desired temperature even if there is no electricity.
In many parts of India, women suffer from a lack of iodine. Insufficient amount of this element in the body increases the risk of breast cancer, fibrocystic mastopathy and complications in childbirth. To provide people a trace element in sufficient quantities, was created by the Life Saving Dot ("Dot-saving life").
Externally appears as a traditional Bindi that women of India for many centuries had worn on his forehead. But the "Point of rescue" has an important property — pasted on the forehead, it nourishes the female body is lacking iodine.
We all know that an emergency blood transfusions can save lives. But in remote areas of the planet there is no blood banks and due to this causes tens of thousands of people. Hemafuse from the company Sisu Global Health is an easy manual filter pump which allows you to pour the patient's own blood after filtration.
When using Hemafuse there is no need to search for a donor, storage and transportation of blood. The filter collects the blood and cleans it from clots or other particles. After that it can be placed in a special container and pour it back into the body of the patient.
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