UPDATE – July 29, 2014: The challenge idea this post is soliciting to be stolen has now been stolen. Please do not steal this idea for submission to the ImagineX Challenge. But if you want to steal it for anything else, please do.
Culled from yesterday’s chat thread…
fraser [6:30 PM]
Steal my idea: an artificial gill
simonfraser4 [6:31 PM]
stealing it
fraser [6:33 PM]
Scuba divers are well aware of the hassle that’s needed for an air tank. It’s heavy, only lasts about 30 minutes, and you need to replenish it with special equipment. If fish can breath underwater, why can’t humans? Someone should make an artificial gill system. Some kind of gadget that allows a diver to pull oxygen directly out of the water for breathing.
simonfraser4 [6:33 PM]
face mask with an H2O -> O2 widget
fraser [6:34 PM]
To win this challenge, an inventor should be able to create a device that’s no larger or weighs no more than an existing tank system that a diver would wear, and should be able to pull enough oxygen from the water to match the duration of a traditional system.
fraser [6:36 PM]
For reference… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_gills_(human)
simonfraser4 [6:41 PM]
Also this: A Student Claims to Have Designed Working Artificial Gills
Unless it has already been submitted by someone else, this idea is available to be “stolen” and submitted to the ImagineX Challenge. You can use the criteria Fraser has provided above or come up with your own. It’ll take you 5-10 minutes and you’ll have a chance to be awarded $1000 for your submitted idea. The deadline is September 1, 2014, at 5pm PT.
