Ashton Cofer: A plan to recycle the unrecyclable
اشتن کوفر: برنامه یک مخترع جوان برای بازیافت استایروفوم (یونولیت)
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,
نوشیدنی بخورم،
that I was supposed to be doing,
my family's dinner on fire.
was about to catch fire.
که آتیش رو خاموش کنه
started recording a Snapchat video.
به ضبط فیلم با Snapchat.
of my team's science project.
and three other students
سه دانش اموز دیگر است
LEGO robotics competition for kids,
برای کودکان است.
on a separate science project,
کار میکردیم.
that we were working on.
took a trip to Central America
آمریکای مرکزی رفته بودن
یونولیت دیدند،
and told us about it,
in which we see Styrofoam every day.
به روشهای مختلف یونولیت میبینیم.
خود تلوزیون است را دور میریزید.
bigger than the TV itself.
are sure going to add up.
یقیناً کم کم جمع میشوند.
after their one-time use?
existing solutions for used Styrofoam,
استفاده از یونولیت ندارد،
end up right in the landfill,
pounds of Styrofoam,
25 percent of landfills.
محل های دفع زباله است.
accumulations of Styrofoam waste?
یونولیت دورریخته شده داریم؟
like many plastics?
نمیتونیم آن را بازیافت کنیم؟
polystyrene is too expensive
for Styrofoam that has to be recycled.
یونولیتی که بازیافت شده، وجود دارد.
is considered a nonrenewable material,
تجدیدناپذیر محسوب میشود،
nor viable to recycle polystyrene.
نه امکان پذیر است و نه با دوام
of many products containing polystyrene,
حاوی پلی استایرن را ممنوع میکند،
که در ساحل بچهها بازی میکنند،
in today's society.
has become the first country
از یونولیت ادامه بدهیم
from its cheap, lightweight, insulating
وزن کم، خاصیت عایق کننده
استفاده کنیم.
from the repercussions
something else that's actually useful?
که واقعاً مفید است تبدیل کنیم؟
the impossible possible?
غیر ممکن را ممکن کنیم؟
the carbon that's already in Styrofoam
کربنی که در استایروفم قرار دارد
every water filter today.
by using very small micropores
خلل و فرجهای بسیار ریز
from water or even air.
by doing a variety of heating tests,
آزمایشهای مختلف حرارتی کردیم،
vaporized into nothing,
by our failures that we almost gave up.
said it was impossible?
We don't know any better.
چیزی بهتر از این را بلد نیستیم.
because we thought it was still possible.
دادیم چون فکرمیکردیم هنوز ممکن است.
and making the world a better place.
دنیا را به یک جای بهتر تبدیل خواهیم کرد.
times and chemicals,
activated carbon from Styrofoam waste.
یونولیت دورریخته شده ساخته بودیم.
the thing that had been impossible
در شروع شکستهای بسیاری داشتیم
many failures at the beginning,
به نتیجهای که می خواستیم دست پیدا کنیم.
to get the test results that we wanted.
to create activated carbon
کربن فعال بسازیم
to reduce Styrofoam waste,
را کاهش دهیم.
with just one solution.
to take our project further,
که پروژهمان را بیشتر ادامه دهیم،
to make it more effective
ایجاد اثربخشی بیشتر
STEM-in-Action program
مربوط به NSTA در یک برنامه فعال
FIRST Global Innovation Awards
Innovator Award
to file a full patent on our process
برای ثبت فرآیند اختراع خود
برنامهریزی کردیم.
with catching my dad's grill on fire
کبابپز پدرم شروع کردیم،
that we almost quit,
داشتیم منصرف میشدیم،
when we look back at it now.
that many people said was impossible
که خیلی افراد گفتند که غیرممکن است
like nothing that we did would work.
کبابپزتان در آتش بسوزد،
if your grill goes up in flames,
when your idea might just catch fire.
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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