Name: Puray, Ma. Lorraine M.

BSA 1 TF 10:00-11:30
Ma. Diversin Ramas

PHILIPPINES

Inventions:

 Classy furniture using forest waste

You don't need to cut down trees to make beautiful
furniture and building materials if you have
Naturescast, a wood-like material that is actually
made of stuff you usually see on the forest floor.
Twigs and other debris that fall from forest trees are
ground and then hardened using a water-based
binder. The grainy mixture is hand-pressed into a
mold and naturally dried. What you get is a very
sturdy material that appears in a variety of textures
and hues. Nature's Legacy, the group behind
Naturecast, uses it to make lamps, vases, chairs and
even walls and ceilings. Renowned Filipino furniture
designer Ito Kish carries some of their products in
his store. The Body Shop has used boxes made from Naturescast as packaging for some of
their products. Naturescast is 100% biodegradable and made using a non-toxic process.

 Air Cleaning Device with Ionizer (Nature's Air Room

Ionizer
Nature's Air, an environmental friendly
invention, is a perfect solution for this
kind of environment that we suffer from
odors and microorganisms. This latest
Filipino technology helps eliminate
harmful dust particles, smoke and
airborne microorganism that spread
diseases in children and elderly. The
properly-designed modern ion emitter
produces a combination of negative and
positive ions in a ratio of 4:3. This ratio
helps the dust particles and carbon
monoxide settle to the dust collector
inside the unit, rather than on other
surfaces. The excess of negative ions
also helps to restore nature’s ion
balance and enhance natural health and
well being of the user.
  Body-heat powered flashlight
Another record-breaking and world-
changing invention - a flashlight than
can be powered solely by body’s
heat. Imagine that it will produce light
by just holding it. No batteries. Not
solar-powered. It’s such an incredible
invention! The inventor of this
amazing flashlight is a Filipino-
Canadian 15-year old student, Ann
Makosinsk. Her project was inspired
by a friend from Mindanao whose
family could not afford to pay for
electricity. Without light at night, her
friend could not study properly. She failed an entire school year because she could not read her
lessons. After a few prototypes, she unveiled her “hollow flashlight,” so named because it has a
hollow aluminum tube at its core that cools the sides of the peltier tiles attached to the
flashlight’s cylinder. The other side is warmed by heat from a hand gripping the flashlight. 

 Aquaponic Urban Vertical Garden

A submersible pump in a water-filled cylinder lifts
the water into hose pipes running through shelves
of vegetables. The water being pumped through the
entire system is nutrient-rich because of the
freshwater fish swimming in the cylinder. The
manure of the fish acts as organic fertilizer for the
vegetables. After going through all the vegetables,
the water streams into a filter made of gravel (where
you can also plant more veggies). Cleansed of bits
of soil it picked up along the way, the water goes
back to the cylinder for the process to start all over
again. You can use any fresh water fish but red
tilapia is recommended because they are adaptable
and do not thrash around as much as other fish.
This vertical garden needs 35 watts of energy to
activate the pump.

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