If you’ve only been using cell phones for the last decade or so, it can be easy to take power

bank
for granted. The initial mobile phone most people use would have been a Nokia, Motorola or
other brands with a black and white screen. The less than 1000 mAh battery can surprisingly
support more than one week of working time. Cellphones at that time are equipped with isolated
batteries which can be taken off to be recharged. People tend to bring a separate battery as
replacement when their cellphones run out of power

Most cellphone batteries at that time are nickle-cadmuim rechargeable battery whose memory

effect largely shortens the battery life. The breakthrough lies in the birth of POWER
BANK

The embryonic and development stage of power bank was 2001-2009. It was first
invented in 2011 Las Vegas International Consumer Electronic Show. As some
professional teams started to research and develop the core technology of power bank
 it gained its precise definition: the framework of a power bank consists of mostly
complete managing circuit, a chip and a battery.
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largely improved the battery life. Later, the application of Li polymer battery brings a longer
life, higher charging efficiency, higher conversional rate and green friendly power bank.

Having trouble keeping your smartphone charged throughout the day? Designer
Tsung Chih-Hsien has created a , enabling customers to make a comparison and
choice among different power banks. Generally speaking, with strong involvement of
suppliers, the control technology, application of batteries as well as the port
accessories, every part of the whole power bank industry chain gained its manufacturer,
making the lukewarm market.

MINI POWER

Tsung’s biodegradable design, which he also envisions being purchased at

convenience stores, eschews the plastic of most disposable batteries, which not only
makes the case a little more environmentally friendly, but also saves on packaging.
Since each Mini Power battery can just be broken off a perforated sheet, you could
potentially buy them in bulk that way.

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the Mini Power. You just choose how much battery time you need–two, four, or
six hours–plug it in, then recycle it later.

INVENTIONS
AND
INNOVATIONS
By: Reeze Gian M. Bacosa

8-Villalon. They’re especially prominent in Asia. Japanese convenience stores,

for example, have been selling disposable batteries by the truckload for years. But
these batteries tend to be environmentally unfriendly, not just because of the lithium ion
batteries inside them, but because they come in plastic casings.

There’s still the problem of the tiny battery inside each capsule, but Tsung imagines it
would be recycled at the same convenience store you bought your Mini Power from.
Drop one off, pick up a new one; rinse and repeat.

Disposable smartphone batteries are never going to be as good of an option as an

external, rechargeable battery pack, but as Tsung’s elegant concept shows, good
design can do a lot to strip many of their evils away, while making them more attractive
to consumers to boot.

OOHO
 The fact that plastic is a major pollutant affecting animals, ecosystems and the general
health of the planet is not news - but this solution should be! This genius plan to reduce our
dependence on plastics – specifically bottled water – takes the form of a squishy blob of
water in gel. Called Ooho, these H20 orbs are servings of water encased in an algae-based
gel, which, in due time, could be a common replacement for bottles.
 PLASTIC ROADS

"When life gives you plastic waste, make roads." That's the philosophy behind
chemistry professor Rajagopalan Vasudevan's genius innovation that is helping
turn India's trash into a very useful resource. Known as "Plastic Man,"
Vasudevan has devised a way to transform common plastic litter into a
substitute for bitumen — the main ingredient in asphalt used for road
construction. Instead of seeing increased levels of plastic waste due to India's
rapid economic development as a burden, eternal optimist Vasudevan sees the
trash as a treasure trove of untapped resources. His method not only solves
environmental issues, it also saves money because the cheaper plastic
substitute replaces as much as 15 percent of the more expensive bitumen
usually used. While roads made of garbage may sound far-fetched, more than
3,000 miles (5,000 kilometers) of plastic thoroughfares have been laid in at
least 11 Indian states to date. Seeing as the groundbreaking method requires
no large investments or changes to existing road-laying procedures, it looks like
Rajagopalan Vasudevan's streets paved with plastic are here to stay.

HELP DESK
 Many schools in rural India do not have desks for students to sit in, leading
to poor eyesight and hunched posture. These students, while eager to learn,
also lack bags to put their school supplies in. Well, a combination of
ingenuity and discarded carton has come to the rescue to create Help Desk,
and it only cost 20 cents to produce! Doubling as a desk and a briefcase-like
school bag, the creative solution was a joint effort by the
nonprofit Aarambh and the marketing company DDB India. Gathering
discarded carton from retail outlets, corporate housing and recyclers,
crafters stenciled and cut the pattern to create the Help Desk.

GREEN BURIAL
 r Funeral

Death isn't the best thing for the environment. Cremation sends more
than 6.8 million tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere every year,
caskets take a long time to biodegrade and burial leads to methane
emission (the second most prevalent greenhouse gas).
But environmentally-friendly burial options are becoming more prevalent.
Wicker and cardboard coffins can replace traditional wood, and dry ice is
used rather than formaldehyde. And green burial services are popping up
around the globe to curb post-mortem emissions.