Ashton Cofer: A plan to recycle the unrecyclable
Ashton Cofer: Egy fiatal feltaláló terve a polisztirol hab újrahasznosítására
Ashton Cofer and his FIRST Robotics team won the Google Science Fair for developing a process to convert Styrofoam waste into activated carbon for purifying water. Full bio
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playing video games.
to get something to drink,
that I was supposed to be doing,
my family's dinner on fire.
was about to catch fire.
hogy a pavilonunk is lángra kap.
Snapchat videóra vett mindent.
started recording a Snapchat video.
tudományos projektje.
of my team's science project.
and three other students
még hárman vannak,
LEGO robotics competition for kids,
nemzetközi robotverseny,
on a separate science project,
that we were working on.
took a trip to Central America
Közép-Amerikában kirándult,
szennyezett partot láttak.
és elmesélték ezt nekünk,
and told us about it,
polisztirol habbal naponta.
in which we see Styrofoam every day.
polisztirol habot.
bigger than the TV itself.
hogy felhalmozódnak.
are sure going to add up.
az egyszer használt dolgokkal?
after their one-time use?
a használt polisztirol habra,
existing solutions for used Styrofoam,
end up right in the landfill,
pounds of Styrofoam,
polisztirol habot termel,
25%-át elfoglalva.
25 percent of landfills.
polisztirol hab hulladék?
accumulations of Styrofoam waste?
like many plastics?
hasonlóan újrahasznosítani?
polystyrene is too expensive
az újrahasznosított polisztirol túl drága
for Styrofoam that has to be recycled.
is considered a nonrenewable material,
újrahasznosíthatatlan anyagnak tekintik,
nor viable to recycle polystyrene.
sem nem könnyen megoldható.
több államban
tartalmú termékek forgalmazását,
of many products containing polystyrene,
a mai világban.
in today's society.
has become the first country
a műanyag eszközöket,
a polisztirolt,
az olcsó, könnyű, jól szigetelő
from its cheap, lightweight, insulating
az elhelyezésén rágódnunk?
from the repercussions
something else that's actually useful?
the impossible possible?
the carbon that's already in Styrofoam
hogy a polisztirolban lévő szenet
every water filter today.
by using very small micropores
lévő szennyeződéseket.
from water or even air.
by doing a variety of heating tests,
grillsütője kigyulladt,
vaporized into nothing,
by our failures that we almost gave up.
a sok kudarc, hogy majdnem feladtuk.
hogy lehetetlen?
said it was impossible?
Nem tudunk jobbat.
We don't know any better.
mert még mindig hittük, hogy lehetséges.
because we thought it was still possible.
és jobbá tesszük a világot.
and making the world a better place.
mind kudarc követte.
times and chemicals,
jó időzítéssel és vegyszerekkel,
activated carbon from Styrofoam waste.
aktív szenet előállítanunk.
ami addig lehetetlen volt,
the thing that had been impossible
many failures at the beginning,
kudarcok ellenére
és a kívánt eredményre jutottunk.
to get the test results that we wanted.
hogy aktív szenet tudtunk előállítani,
to create activated carbon
újrahasznosítottuk,
to reduce Styrofoam waste,
with just one solution.
hogy folytassuk tovább a tervünket,
to take our project further,
to make it more effective
által támogatott
STEM-in-Action program
kaptunk pénz támogatást.
Innovator Award
is megtiszteltek minket.
to file a full patent on our process
az eredményeinkről,
with catching my dad's grill on fire
hogy apám grillsütője lángra kapott,
már majdnem feladtuk,
that we almost quit,
when we look back at it now.
amit mindenki megoldhatatlannak gondolt,
that many people said was impossible
hogy akármit teszünk, nem működik.
like nothing that we did would work.
if your grill goes up in flames,
ha kigyullad a grillsütőd,
when your idea might just catch fire.
hogy mikor kap lángra egy ötleted.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ashton Cofer - Youth inventorAshton Cofer and his FIRST Robotics team won the Google Science Fair for developing a process to convert Styrofoam waste into activated carbon for purifying water.
Why you should listen
Ashton Cofer has several patents pending, including a method to convert polystyrene foam waste into activated carbon for purifying water. He and his teammates recently won the 2016 Google Science Fair’s Scientific American Innovator Award. Ashton has a passion for science and technology, and in addition to inventing, he also competed in FIRST LEGO League robotics and teaches robotics workshops to local area youth in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
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