Futuristic projects to steal the show at d3 event
150 Innovations from across the globe will be on display at d3
dubai — A pen that detects cancer, jelly drops for dementia patients, and robot agriculture for a world without bees, are some of the projects exhibited at the Global Grad Show 2018, which underlines the future is bright for the humanity.
A total of 150 life-changing inventions by the next generation of designers from across the globe were presented at the Dubai Design District (d3) on Monday, during an exclusive tour ahead of the launch later this week.
The innovations were selected from over 1,000 entries. The exhibition will showcase work from 100 universities, including Harvard, MIT and the RCA, alongside projects from institutions from Chile, Jordan and Pakistan. Held in partnership with The Investment Corporation of Dubai, the grad show is a key event of Dubai Design Week.
From the UAE students
From underwater drones that capture images of UAE’s coral life to a device that can recycle fresh water, participating students from the UAE have come up with some remarkable designs to solve global problems at the 4th edition of the Global Grad Show.
Antony Tahan, a junior studying electrical engineering at the New York University in Abu Dhabi, and his teammates Rumail Memon and Shantanu Jain, developed Reef Rover, an autonomous underwater drone that scopes marine environments, especially coral reefs. The reef rover can cover up to 1,400 square metres per outing.
Tahan said: “Due to global warming, coral reefs in the Arabian Peninsula face the risk of getting bleached. There is a possibility we would witness coral reefs becoming extinct in our lifetime.”
A project by Khalifa University mechanical engineering Emirati graduates Ohoud Alyammahi and Rawdha Al Hammadi aims to produce fresh water by use of mechanical energy produced by natural sources of energy such as wind and energy from waves.
Heba Qatanany, an architecture graduate from the American University in Dubai, presented a project titled ‘Inside Out’. The project is a building concept that provides a safe space for working mothers to bridge the gap between home and work.
Author, designer, and curator of the show Brendan McGetrick said: “Graduates today are faced with daunting truths such as climate change, automation and mass migration. Each of these projects offers a restorative solution; an idea of how to make human scale changes with the hope of bettering humankind as a whole.”