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08-10-2016, 07:04 AM
While that pussy Clock Boy with his parents press on with their money grabbing lawsuit in Texas, let's instead look at a goodhearted 16 year old girls valuable attempt at inventing a process whereupon water can be saved.
Johannesburg schoolgirl Kiara Nirghin, 16, recently won the Google Science Fair's Community Impact Award for the Middle East and Africa with her submission "No More Thirsty Crops."
Using orange peel and avocado skins, the precocious student created a super absorbent polymer (SAP) capable of storing reserves of water hundreds of times its own weight, forming reservoirs that would allow farmers to maintain their crops at minimal cost. The polymer has the added benefit of sustainability as it uses recycled and biodegradable waste products.
Full article here:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/09/africa/orange-drought-kiara-nirghin/index.html
Johannesburg schoolgirl Kiara Nirghin, 16, recently won the Google Science Fair's Community Impact Award for the Middle East and Africa with her submission "No More Thirsty Crops."
Using orange peel and avocado skins, the precocious student created a super absorbent polymer (SAP) capable of storing reserves of water hundreds of times its own weight, forming reservoirs that would allow farmers to maintain their crops at minimal cost. The polymer has the added benefit of sustainability as it uses recycled and biodegradable waste products.
Full article here:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/09/africa/orange-drought-kiara-nirghin/index.html