Desired Outcomes of this Project

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Description

The objective of this project is to design an aquatic drone that can collect floating trash from the surfacecomponents of rivers, lakes, seasmechanisms and oceans.structures The drone must be ablenecessary to performcreate thethis followingWIG activities:craft

• CollectLightweight floatingbody trashshell frombetween the13 surfaceand 14 meters long
• Composite wings consisting of thefixed water.area and movable folded America's Cup type wing sails
• Crush or shred the collected trash and store it.
• Bring it backHydrofoils to landallow wherefor thequick trash can be safely disposed.takeoff

Why this is important

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If the craft can be foundproduced, tested, and finished it must be obvious that the model would replace in ourgreat oceanspart the sailboat, yacht, and makemotorboat upmarket. aboutWho 40would percentwant ofa thesailboat world'sthat oceanplods surfaces.along There areat 5 distinctkilometres trashper patcheshour allwhen overone world.could Thebe biggestflying ofat them200 iskm theper Greathour Pacificwith Garbageno Patch (GPGP). Located halfway between California Hawaii, it is estimated to have 1.8 trillion pieces of floating plastic and weighs over 80,000 tons. 

These plastics are not biodegradable and can stay up to 450 years as floating trash. They break down into microplastics due to sun's heat and wave movement and enter into the food chain of marine lifeforms. This is harmfulcost for the marine ecosystem and eventually will affect human and animal life on land.

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What this project needs to move forward

We need these skills to move this project forward:

• Mechanical/Structural Engineers - To design and build the structure of the drone.WIG craft, the various control mechanisms that should mostly operate on compressed air
• Mechatronics/Electronics Major  - To design the circuitry forpurchase antennas, sensors for control and cameras.communications and some internal control systems.
• Software and AI specialists - To designpurchase or adapt software that can drivefly the drone.craft on auto pilot. 
• MarineWing-sail biologyspecialist majors - To collaboratepurchase and studyadapt marineif life.necessary wing sails to serve as wings when folded and a sail when raised .

Incentives

Highlights of working on this project

• Collaborate with talented people from different domains and areas of study and expertise
• Build a strong team with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds
• Learn project management, project reporting, delivery cycles
• Work in a highly energized environment that focuses on high quality product development
• Discover,Produce learn,a innovate,flying boat that would soon replace a huge section of the yacht and inventboat new ways for preserving and growing marine lifemarkets.
• Have fun in a super charged team of professionals students, collaborators, sponsors

For Contributors

• Remuneration - This is a sponsored project. You will get paid for your contributions. Find out more from your project manager/project coordinator.
• Learning - This project offers you opportunities to learn about this concept/topic/technology. You will get to collaborate and work with industry experts and professionals who will share their experiences and guide you along with their best practices.
• Culture - Work with people from different backgrounds, cultures, nationalities and get exposure to working on cross-functional and virtual teams.
• Get Your Hands Dirty  - Roll up your sleeves and get practical on this project. Experience the joy of designing or building a machine/system/device that will be used by millions of people worldwide. If you are not co-located, video conference with your team and collaborate. 
• Build and Grow your Professional Network - Collaborate on this project, make friends, and grow your professional network.

For Sponsors

• Top Talent - Work with talented people and find new recruits for your business as you see this project take shape.
• Goodwill - Get positive goodwill for your brand as a sponsor who is building something innovating and contributing to the future.
• Personal and Business UseInnovate  - Useparticipate thisin systemcutting andedge technology for your home/boat/ship/company/organization
  Branding - Brand it with your organization identity.development
• Monetize - Invest in his project and take it to market with your brand identity

For Users

• Get involved in the design phase and share your thoughts on how you would use this product or technology in your daily lives.
• Give feedback at regular intervals and development stages to help this team to design and build a user-friendly system or technology.
• Work with people from different countries, cultures, backgrounds and experiences. It's fun!

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