• Question: hi, if your idea did become very successful how would you develop your idea to help the environment in general.

    Asked by EshaPriya to Stu, Rob, Maheen, Euan, Deborah on 20 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Euan Allen

      Euan Allen answered on 20 Jun 2016:

      The type of computer that I hope to build can be used to simulate lots of things faster or better than we can do currently. Some of these include climate simulations, where we model the weather of the planet, which is useful for predicting global warming and how the environment is progressing. We also think that understanding how to make solar panels more efficient will be easier with the computer.

    • Photo: Maheen Siddiqui

      Maheen Siddiqui answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      Hi EshaPriya

      I don’t think my research or environment would help the environment directly. I am using and developing a technique that is cost-effective and portable. Unlike big MRI scanners! So I am hoping that if this equipment is developed well enough, it could replace MRI scanners and help the environment in terms of all of the materials needed to make one.

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