The “toilet of the future”a concept that was born as part of the Toilet Challenge that started the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2011 In order to develop cheap toilets that do not need the traditional drainage system to be used, he finally has a functional prototype. This device is the proposal of Samsungwhich has been working hand in hand with the Foundation to develop the necessary technologies since 2019.
The Advanced Institute of Technology of Samsung is responsible for this prototype that meets all the requirements imposed by the Foundation. As he explains in his official statement, it is a device that does not need wastewater treatment to work since it includes biological processing technologies and heat treatment to eliminate pathogens. Therefore, the material it produces is safe for the environment.
What requirements does the “toilet of the future” meet?
In the official website of the Foundation, a series of requirements can be observed that had to be fulfilled by the prototypes that aspired to be the “toilet of the future”. Among them are the following:
- Pathogen elimination
- Recovery of energy, clean water and nutrients
- Operation without being connected to a water system
- Require little electricity
- Have a cost of use per person per day of 0.05 dollars
Regarding the toilet Samsung, the treated water can be completely recycled and the solid remains are dried and burned to ashes. On the other hand, the liquid remains are purified with a system included in the prototype.
The South Korean firm has detailed that it plans to offer free patent licenses to developing countries during the commercialization of the technological toilet. Said device is already close to being finished and, according to what he commented JayY. read -vice president and heir to Samsung– in his meeting with Bill Gates on August 16, it could start its mass production very soon.
The “toilet of the future”, a necessary measure in modern times
This technological alternative to the toilets of a lifetime responds to a need that comes from the situation in which we currently live. In these times, with a global water shortage, a project like the “toilet of the future” It is extremely beneficial not only for developing countries, but for any place where it is implemented.
After all, the recycling of this type of fluids and remains is possible, so it is not a bad thing to save by opting for this route instead of the classic one. sewage system that probably most people have installed in their homes.
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This is the “toilet of the future”, a reinvention of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with Samsung