Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Friyay/Good News

~ John W. Howell
Today’s good news story comes once again from the Good News Network. Here it is in its entirety.

Floating Drones Are Swallowing Tons of Plastic Waste Before it Reaches Ocean

By Andy Corbley
June 24, 2022
Waste Shark

From Chennai to Trentino alto Adige to Baltimore, inventors are churning out methods of stopping plastic pollution from entering the ocean by picking it out of riverways.

They come in different shapes and sizes, and a Dutch company just added a whale-shark-inspired drone that can cobble 160 liters of waste to the mix.

Developed by RanMarine in Rotterdam, the drone project was both straightforward, but with a pretty long checklist. It had to be automated, zero emissions, easy to use, economic to deploy and maintain, and be able to clean a freshwater environment without harming it.

The result is WasteShark, which is about 4 feet long and quietly captures trash in a tray between its two pontoons. Like the whale shark that provided its inspiration, a grid stops anything sizeable from entering its mouth, until it detects trash and the grid is lowered.

Once the drone is filled, it’s steered back to the water’s edge, where the tray can be easily removed, and emptied into a larger receptacle.

Watch the video

The good news here is around the world people continue to work on keeping plastic and trash out of the ocean. Today’s JohnKu talks about problem-solving.

Perseverance by John W. Howell © 2022

Solving a problem,

Even the impossible . . .

Takes a dogged heart.

 

84 thoughts on “Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Friyay/Good News”

  1. Genius! I love it when intelligent people come up with clever solutions to big problems. Thank you, John, and Happy 4th of July weekend to you and the Producer and the girls!

    Liked by 2 people

  19. Now that is a cool invention! I love when brilliant ideas come to fruition. I agree with Linda – wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could get humans to stop making the mess in the first place? I know, I know, I dream in Technicolor…

    Liked by 1 person

  21. I hadn’t heard this one, John, so thank you for bringing it to my attention. Isn’t it wonderful when technology and inventiveness combine for the good of so many?!

    Liked by 1 person

Comments are closed.