60-second science from Scientific American explains how a new nanotechnology can help sop up oil spills.
This kills me, because several weeks ago I read an article in Conscious Choice Magazine about the use of human-hair mats to clean up after oil spills. Human hair is efficient at soaking up oil and is a bountiful resource. Hair salons produce plenty of hair "waste" that can be used for the project.
Yet somehow, we act as if only persistent scientific research and technological development is going to save the world. Why not look at the natural resources in front, or in this case, on top of you? Humans don't have to build everything from scratch. There are plenty of ingenious mechanisms at play in nature anyways. All it takes is observation and creativity to use them in novel ways.
1 comment:
I like your approach:Back to basics.
Not only is modern thinking about innovation restrictive, but it's expensive as well.
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