It’s easy to forget when you focus on launches like the Galaxy Z Fold, but Samsung is a giant whose influence goes far beyond smartphones or smartwatches. Not only does he offer more types of electronic devices, but he is also a major figure in the technological development of South Korea and the world.
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Projects like the one presented today make more sense in this context, when you realize that Samsung has several research and development departments dedicated to tasks that go beyond the next flexible display.
Samsung Toilet
This is the case of the latest project, developed in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; yes, the same Bill Gates who founded Microsoft and now devotes his days and his fortune to finding solutions to the problems plaguing the planet.
Although it may seem like a joke, one of these issues is about how we relieve ourselves, and for this reason the Foundation launched a challenge in 2011 called “Reinventing the toilet”, to reinvent the toilet as it is. are.. we know.
Samsung has responded to this challenge, hence today’s presentation of this high-tech toilet, although at first glance it looks like a regular toilet with a slightly different design. The key is not so much in the shape of the toilets, but in what they are able to do with our waste.
The Samsung-designed system focuses on biotreating human waste through heat treatment, with the aim of killing pathogens that cause infection and disease. Fluids and solids resulting from this process are harmless to the environment and can be disposed of safely.
Even the water used to rinse the chain is treated, with the aim of completely recycling it so that it can be reused. For their part, solid waste is dried and can be burned until only ash remains, while liquid waste goes through a biological purification process.
Although Samsung has created a prototype to show off during the presentation, the most interesting thing about the project is that it will not be developed into a commercial product from the company. With the involvement of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Samsung will provide free licenses to partners in developing countries to manufacture and market their own toilets. The next step for the alliance is precisely to ensure that mass production of this type of technology is achieved.