Inspiration
We have always been curious about the effects of microplastics and plastic pollutions on diverse ecosystems, which made us determined to find a solution for this. Through our research, we were able to dive deeper into this issue, and ultimately come up with a model that could help decrease microplastics in various ecosystems.
What it does
Our product uses a reverse osmosis mechanism paired up with organosilanes to collect microplastics and chemically fix them by forming a solid hybrid silica so they are not harmful to the environment.
How we built it
We built our model using blender. We used Verbwire's MagicPilotAI to make a lot of the home page. We also used react, next.js, and css to make the other components.
Challenges we ran into
Some of the challenges we ran into were correctly placing the organosilanes for maximum efficiency. In addition, modeling the suction mechanism and reverse osmotic process was a time consuming process due to the various components required. We also ran into challenges when incorporating the graph in our web app.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud that we were able to come up with an idea that could be beneficial to the future generations, but is also cost-efficient, scalable, practical, and adaptable.
What we learned
We learned a lot about organosilanes, their effects on microplastics, and semi-permeable membranes.
What's next for Microplastic Purifier
We hope to incorporate an Image Detection AI model to perfectly adapt to the respective environment because every environment is different. In addition, we hope to make the suction and organosilane dispense mechanism more scalable and efficient.
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