Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuyisihloko esishisayo njengamanje, futhi akunakuphikwa lokho amanzi asebhodleleni ayamosha futhi amazinga okushisa embulunga yonke ayashintsha. Omunye wabasunguli banquma ukwenza okuthile ngakho. Hlangana no-Ooho!, 'ibhodlela' lamanzi adlekayo elakhiwe i-Skipping Rocks Lab.
I-Skipping Rocks Lab yaqalwa ngohlelo lokusheshisa ukuqalisa lwe-Climate KIC lwe-European Institute of Innovation & Technology. Isungulwe eLondon nguRodrigo Garcia Gonzalez, uPierre Paslier, kanye no-Guillaume Couche, isiqalisi senze i-splash enkulu ngenxa ye-contraption yayo - ibhodlela lamanzi ongalidla.
Hawu! ingaphezulu kwesikhwama samanzi kunebhodlela, kodwa isikhwama esisekelwe olwandle siyadliwa ngokuphelele; ulwelwesi lusekelwe esikhumbeni sesithelo. Ukuphuza amanzi angaphakathi, umane ulume, noma ubhoboze, i-casing, uphuze amanzi futhi udle ulwelwesi (uma ukhetha kanjalo). Ngisho noma ungayidli, iyabola futhi into ongayenza ekhaya.
Ngokusho kwe-Skipping Rocks Lab, umuntu waseMelika ojwayelekile udla cishe amabhodlela amanzi ayi-150 ngonyaka. Imisebenzi yokufaka amabhodlela amanzi imosha kakhulu futhi ingaba nomthelela enkingeni yamanzi emhlabeni jikelele. Ithemba ukuthi abantu bazoshintshela ku-Ooho! ukunciphisa imfucuza. Ukuthi izosebenza noma cha, kuyaphikiswana.
Ukusungulwa kwaqala ngamandla; I-Skipping Rocks Lab iwine Umklomelo Womhlaba Wonke Wezobuchwepheshe wokusungula izinto ezintsha kwezemvelo, osekelwa yi-TIME ne-Fortune. Ekuqaleni, iqembu lithole ama-Euro angama-20,000 ukuthuthukisa umkhiqizo futhi ukusakazwa kwabezindaba bekuphelele. Kodwa ukuqalisa manje sekuqala ukubhekana nezinselelo.
Ngemuva kokuncintisana njengama-semi-final at I-Venture Competition 2015 ngo-Okthoba, ukuqala kwehlulekile ukuthatha umklomelo. Abasunguli nabo abakaze bakhulume ngezinhlelo zokuthola enye imali. Ngokombono we-VC, nokho, umuntu kufanele acabangele ukuthi Ooho! unomfanekiso wangempela emakethe.
I-Skipping Rocks Labs ithembisa ulwelwesi lwe-Ooho! unamandla kodwa akakaphawuli ukuthi baqine kangakanani. Amabhodlela amanzi, noma alahlwa noma angasetshenziswa kabusha, ahamba nathi yonke indawo. Ukusuka ensimini kuya emaphathini omndeni, ukuhamba namanzi kuyingxenye yesiko lethu. Uma Ooho! izoba nesibhamu nhlobo, ukupakishwa kufanele kuqine ngokwanele ukumelana nengcindezi ngaphakathi kwezikhwama zokuzivocavoca, amaphakethe obhaka nokunye okunjalo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izikhwama zamanzi ezincane azibambi amanzi amaningi. Kubonakala sengathi iphakethe ngalinye libamba kufikela ku-4 oz wamanzi uma ibhodlela lamanzi lendabuko libamba okungenani u-16oz. Hawu! ingabe, nokho, iyasiqeda ngempela isikhunta sendlela yokubhekana nenkinga yamanzi nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Uma kungekho okunye, ukuqalisa kusikhumbuza ukuthi sihlale sisungula izinto ezintsha futhi sicabange ngaphandle kwebhokisi (noma ibhodlela) uma kuziwa ekubhekeni imikhiqizo evamile ngokukhanya okuhlukile. Thola okwengeziwe ngokuqonda ku Ukweqa Rocks Lab.
