Wei Peng: Innovation that Matters

Wei Peng Innovation that Matters

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Hairstyling$Iron$with$MP3$Player

Puppy$Tweets$

Noodle$Robot

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>&John&Saddington&(@tentblogger),&CreaGve&Engineer,&8bit.io

Concept of Appropriate Technology

  Affordable

  Sustainable

  Right for the place

  Right for the people

•  low>cost&water&purificaAon&tool&•  700&litres/straw—–&approximately&one&

year&of&water&consumpAon&for&one&person.&&

•  Unit&price:&$&7.5

Water

•  transport&90&liters&water&at&one&Ame&•  5X&increase&in&producAvity&•  Similar&product:&Q>drum

Water

•  store&monsoon&rainwater&•  100,000>liter&version&available&•  1/5&of&the&cost&of&exisAng&cement&tanks&

Water

Food

•  keep&tomato&fresh&for&21&days&•  open>source&technology

•  Portable;&pedal&power&•  100KG&rice&grain/hour

Food

•  Proceed&all&kinds&of&nuts&at&the&rate&of&50&kg/hr&(compare&to&4kg/hr&by&hands)&

Food

Energy

•  operate&on&all&solid&biofuels&•  high&thermal&efficiency&raAo&(30%)&

•  Environmentally&friendly

•  Cheapest&tablet&•  Target&collage&students&•  Android&2.2&—&access&to&educaAonal&apps

Science$Facts

Math$Workout

SAT$vocabulary

and&more…

EducaEon

EducaEon

•  low>cost&projector&•  100,000+&pages&informaAon&•  Solar&power&

•  In&sub>Saharan&Africa,&there&is&only&1$optometrist$for&every&1$million$people$

•  Self>adjustable&glasses—&do&it&yourself!!

Health

•  Difficult&to&access&remote&rural&communiAes&•  Money!&Money!&Money!!&(a&Q>drum&costs&$65)&

•  encourage&&grass>root&innovaAons&•  connect&innovators,&scholars,&academicians,&policy&makers,&entrepreneurs&and&non>governmental&organizaAons

Wei Peng

Thank You!