teenager Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:06:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Teenager Develops $5 Device to Harness Wind and Solar Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/teenager-develops-affordable-solar-wind-harnesser-20161025/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/teenager-develops-affordable-solar-wind-harnesser-20161025/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:06:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60680 Thirteen years old Maanasa Mendu developed a $5-wind and solar hybrid system to generate renewable energy. Teenagers often manage to amaze us with their forward thinking and incredible creativity. The inventions that they come up with can easily overtake those designed by the greatest of engineers. This is especially the case when we look at […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/teenager-develops-affordable-solar-wind-harnesser-20161025/feed/ 0 60680 Teenager Develops Cheap Device to Harness Energy from Ocean Currents https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hannah-herbst-ocean-energy/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hannah-herbst-ocean-energy/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:53:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57111 Fifteen years old high-school student from Florida develops an ultra cheap technology to harness the power of ocean currents. One more brilliant invention is to be added to the list of great inventions by teenagers. Hannah Herbst, a bright student at Florida Atlantic University High School, developed an instrument that has the potential to save […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hannah-herbst-ocean-energy/feed/ 1 57111 Kenyan Teenager Builds a Human Poop Bio-reactor to Generate Biogas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/kenyan-teenager-builds-human-poop-bio-reactor-generate-biogas-20141217/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/kenyan-teenager-builds-human-poop-bio-reactor-generate-biogas-20141217/#respond Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:32:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50781 Brilliant high school student designed a system that can generate clean energy using the content of his classmates’ poop. What is more, this same energy is then used in cooking of their lunch. Living in the so-called “developed” world makes us forget sometimes that things like clean tap water, toilet flush, or a lunch meal at […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/kenyan-teenager-builds-human-poop-bio-reactor-generate-biogas-20141217/feed/ 0 50781 Teenager Designs a Unique Portable Device to Purify Water and Generate Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/teenager-designs-unique-portable-device-purify-water-generate-electricity-20140814/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/teenager-designs-unique-portable-device-purify-water-generate-electricity-20140814/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:26:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48881 Regardless of how many times it happens, it is always fascinating to read about a teenager, who has done something incredible. This time the star of the show is the 17-year-old Australian student Cynthia Sin Nga Lam, who found herself in the top 15 of the Google Science Fair, with her portable device that generates electricity […]

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