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This project is an implementation of a ‘Joint Grid System’ onto existing bottles as to introduce a new and exciting way of packaging, managing and playing with plastic bottles. Generated from the idea of jigsaw puzzle, by introducing an interlocking system we are able to create objects such as furniture, walls, shelves and many others. By introducing protruded and recessed joints to the bottles, our concept is made possible and allow corporations and manufacturers to take on other forms which suit their branding, style, qualities, characteristics and many more be it curved, funky, the normal “coke-bottle-look-alike”, the “square-ish” Voda Voda bottles, all forms and sizes are feasible as long as they are conformed to the “Joint Grid System”. Furthermore, not only can we reuse bottles to put together other items, we can also reduce; by omitting unnecessary packaging materials such as plastic wrappers or cardboard trays. Plastic products, which sums up to an estimated 11% of Singapore’s total waste output reported at World Cities Summit Issue, June 2008, had only 1.2% of it recycled. Since plastic product is rarely recycled and is impossible to decompose, our team tapped on the qualities of interlocking, applying it onto plastic bottle and hence resulting in a whole new manner of packaging (reduce), and an exciting after life for this synthetic object (Reuse).

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This project attempts to demonstrate the feasibility of using renewable energy (solar) to provide electricity needed for the desalination of sea water to portable water. This concept is especially useful in regions where there is a shortage of drinkable water as a result of a crisis i.e. the aftermath of a tsunami and earthquake just to name a few. Its portability feature provides an added advantage.

This prototype is unique as it is a stand alone desalination unit designed to run solely on solar power. It is portable and can be transported quickly and easily to inaccessible regions.

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This project illustrates that use renewable solar energy and an environmental friendly CFC-free fridge to save the Earth. Fisheries port and frozen food suppliers used heavy duty compressor fridges which use alternating current as the source of energy. Many of the older fridges are not CFC-free. These fridges release greenhouse gases which contribute to ozone layer depletion and climate changes. This project tapped on solar energy which is free, clean and abundant in supply. There is no reason to rely on fossil fuels and bear the cost of energy due to accelerating oil prices. This project used four PV panels to power one fridge and two batteries on sunny days. In the evening and on rainy days, the fridge is powered by the energy stored in the batteries. The batteries are of the deep-charge types and are rechargeable. The project resembles an ice-cream cart. The solar panels also shaded ice-cream seller from the sun. There are wheels and brake where the carts are parked.

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The purpose of our product is to capture sunlight when it is readily available in the day and distribute it using optical fibers into the interior of a building. This way, it saves electricity. Sunlight has been proven to be good for health and plants can grow indoors. Although sunlight has undesirable UV and IR wavelength (if exposed on a constant basis); therefore, hot mirrors were implemented to avoid it. During the process of making our product work to meet our objective, we encountered difficulties e.g. tracking the sunlight. However, after thorough research and experiments, we manage to make it work and fulfill our aims for the project. Our objective in this project was to save electricity by bringing sunlight into darkened rooms of corridors by means of fiber optics. Earth’s natural resources are fast running out, so why not tap the sunlight directly during the day, and transmit them straight into our homes? Sunlight is in abundance. Furthermore, sunlight as proven has been good for health. It helps our body product Vitamin D and plants can now grow indoors. It proved to be more difficult that we had expected; many unseen factors involving tapping and trapping the sunlight surfaced as we worked towards our goal. We hope that as technology improves, capturing and transmitting sunlight would be less costly and tedious with the development of more advanced equipment.

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The Ozone Ice Making Machine is a portable system which is meant mainly for use in the food industry for the preservation of food. This is achieved by using the characteristic of the Ozone atom which interferes with the metabolism of bacterium cells by inhibiting and blocking the operation of the enzymatic control system. This project involves the integration of an ozonated air generator and ice making machine for the purpose of trapping the ozone atom in ice. The ozone enriched ice is safe and an environment- friendly product as it’s potentially harmful molecules are broken into less toxic byproduct. The objective of this project is to design and modify the previous batch of ozone ice making machine, which ozone is generated from water by an ozone generator into ozone air generator that generates ozone from air. This machine is capable of producing significant amounts of zone enriched ice that can be used for the preservation of fish or meat without the use of chemicals. This project also aims to ascertain the extent of reducing pathogens and bacteria by using ozone. This machine is capable of producing 4.8kg of ozone ice per hour and will be equipped with all necessary controls.