An Idea can change your life

Recently I went to a competition, I forget the name, but then whats in a name. The point being it was a contest celebrating new inventions originating from the youth of today. The ideas I got to witness were probably the best I have ever seen, right out of some sci-fi novel. There were inventions pertaining to the energy crisis, medical improvements agriculture, domestic necessities and surprisingly even honey cultivation. I was completely spell-bound the entire three hours. I realised then what we needed was ideas like these, inventions that would solve the immediate problems of the world and not gizmos that made human life easier, cause in the past couple of years there has been a noticeable change in the way people work and operate. They lay more emphasis on comfort and easiness( I feel a little hypocritical here, but I have the freedom of expression so why not). Not that it is a bad thing, but our above change in lifestyle has caused some real damage to the ecosystem, mainly ecosystem degradation etc.

My point being that such ideas such as flying cars and android robots helping in our houses can take the back seat for a while and we need to pay a lot more attention to pressing issues such as nature. One invention that really made me say "genius" was an energy production system which used the wind pressure created by passing cars on freeways in substantial electrical energy, therefore less pressure on thermal power plants = less carbon emission and less use of natural resources. Another invention pertained to sustainable agriculture. An applicable drip tape with fertilizer and manure in its very fibres. Life-tape it was called if I remember. The no pressure syringe was also a marvelous invention. Put in the vaccine and the thing works with minimal human caused errors (this invention does make human work easier but then it saves more lives so it doesnt fit into the category of wasteful inventions I just condoned). The best part about these ideas were that they weren't ideas, they were solid working models so you would probably see them being used in the immediate future. I was inspired seeing these inventors who were no older than me. They will be the heroes of tomorrow and I am proud to be one of the first to witness their inventions first-hand.

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