Long-Term Coast Guard

Apparently, you can literally see garbage in the oceans from space. Currents carry them and they cluster at certain points and have begun forming large masses the size of cities. No one seems to be bothered about cleaning these out because it would entail massive expenditures. Luckily that doesn’t stop us concept designers. Designers Song Shi and Liu Kuan developed a futuristic Ocean purifying drone that uses the ocean’s hydel power to purify the water nearby. Its design makes it look like a fan on the water surface, and it has the ability to fold up, allowing ships to position and re-position them at will. Neat! (The oceans too!)

Designers: Song Shi & Liu Kuan.

Sarang Sheth

Sarang is the co-editor in chief of Yanko Design. He is a former industrial designer at a Bangalore-based multidisciplinary design studio, working in areas including appliances, FMCG, packaging, technology, luxury, etc. Sarang has written about design and technology for over a decade and has been a jury member on international design awards. He occasionally works on tech concepts featured on Forbes, The Verge, Hypebeast, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, LetsGoDigital, and Unbox Therapy. Sarang graduated from MIT Institute of Design, Pune.

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