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[+] making self-watering planters with a view to making off-grid water supplies for use in natural disasters. Watric Most of the innovation and technology I write about involves audio, video or computing products, but I’m always on the lookout for innovative products, especially when they are the creations of young inventors. A pipeline of talented engineers and inventors is essential to any modern economy and the good news is the world’s universities and colleges are bursting with talented and ingenious innovators.
The latest inventors to catch my eye are Karlos Miranda and Kevin Rivera, founders of Watric, a Puerto Rican company developing automatic watering planters for house plants. These two young mechanical engineers hail from Puerto Rico and Karlos decided to become an inventor after having lived through Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria in 2017. Natural disasters call for ingenious engineering to get things back to normal as soon as possible.
The hurricanes prompted Karlos to think about inventions that could produce clean drinking water so desperately needed during natural disasters. Karlos has already competed at innovation fairs in Arizona, Los Angeles and twice in China . The experience provided him with a unique exposure to other young inventors and scientists.
The Walty 2,0 is an automatic and self-watering .