Thabiso reaches new frontiers
A Wi-Fi cell phone battery charger for smart phone users is one of his latest projects.
Science and technology have major influences in the way we live and it is constantly evolving.
Thabiso Msimang (20) is a young man from Sakhile who is passionate about innovation.
This level 2 marketing student at the Gert Sibande College began inventing when he was in Grade 7.
“I love coming up with ideas that will simplify people’s lives,” he said.
He has come up with an idea of creating a Wi-Fi cell phone battery charger.
The charger will allow smart phone users to charge their phones at any Wi-Fi hotspot.
“The smart phone users will have to download an application that will allow them to access this service,” he said.
The application will be available in different languages, so anyone that uses it can understand what it is about.
He has also experimented with generating electricity from molten rocks.
Thabisa bought a skateboard with two molten rocks attached to it at an auction in Pretoria.
The rocks, weighing 45 grams, were from Hawaii.
Acid rain fell in Hawaii in 2002 and a volcano erupted.
The molten rocks from the volcano absorbed the acid rain, which also killed 33 per cent of the plantation.
Climatologists in that area discovered they can be used to generate energy.
The rocks, containing acid, were crushed and distributed to different countries.
“I have done my research and discovered we can generate electricity from molten rocks.”
He has put unpurified water into two glasses, added aloe sap and crushed the molten rock in both glasses.
He then placed two nails in the glasses, as well as paper clips.
He connected positive electric wires to the nails in each glass and also connected a negative wire in one of the glasses.
He later connected a positive wire in the same glass where he had connected the negative wire.
A chemical reaction was created and bubbles surrounded the nails in each glass.
An electric current was formed and he placed staplers at the end of the electric wires connected to the glasses.
The staplers got attached to the wires and an electro-magnetism was formed.
“This is the most environmentally friendly method of generating electricity.”
No chemicals that can contribute to carbon emissions are released.
“I want to show my ideas at the Science Expo in Chicago next year,” he added.
Thabiso has more inventions up his sleeve and is determined to change the world one experiment at a time.
