Every year, the NXplorers programme runs awards programmes across the globe, celebrating the work of students and showcasing their impactful projects to their peers, their teachers and mentors as well as the wider community.
This year in Singapore Team Hydrogen Bond used NXthinking tools like the Connections Circle Feasibility Funnel to identify a low energy method of harvesting clean water for the growth of crops.
The challenge
Drawing inspiration from Singapore’s ambitions to produce 30% of its nutritional needs locally by 2030, Team Hydrogen Bond identified the energy efficient sourcing of clean water for growing crops as an inhibiting factor towards that goal.
The plan
Following a thorough investigation into ways in which water could be harvested at minimal environmental cost, the students discovered Hydrogel, a substance that absorbs water vapor from the surrounding air when cool and releases it when warm.
The solution
Through an iterative prototyping process, that included both a domestic and commercial version of the Hydrobox, the team managed to draw 0.9l of water from the air per day that could be used to grow crops or water plants.
REIMAGINING MAGNETIC FORCES AS A SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM
NXplorers students in Qatar Science & Technology School for Boys, in Doha, reimagined magnetic forces to develop a solution that reduced the acidity of native soil.
Trinidad: Carbon Capture Filter
Celebrating this year’s awards with our winner, Kaveer Phillips who reimagined using carbon capture device to reduce emissions from engines.
Qatar: Water filtration & emissions
This year in Qatar Team Elite used the NXthinking tools they learned to reimagine the ways in which water and energy interact to deliver water to the people of Qatar.