Ideaz

Have you ever noticed a scratch on your phone screen or car and just felt that little sting of frustration? It’s such a simple thing, but it makes your favorite gadgets or ride look old and worn out way sooner than they should. And honestly, most of the protective coatings out there only do so much—they might slow down the damage for a bit, but once they get scratched, there’s no going back. You’re stuck with that annoying mark.

What if your phone or car could actually fix those scratches by itself? That’s exactly what I’m dreaming of with NanoCoat. Imagine a super-thin, invisible coating made with tiny capsules so small you wouldn’t even know they’re there. When a scratch happens, these capsules break open and release a special liquid that fills in and repairs the damage all on its own. No extra work, no costly fixes—just your stuff looking fresh and new like nothing ever happened.

I really think this kind of solution is something a lot of people need. We all want our things to last longer and stay looking great, right? Plus, it’s good for the planet too. The less we have to throw away because of scratches and wear, the less waste we create. It’s a small change with a big impact.

This idea matters to me because I care about sustainability and believe science can make everyday life better in clever, practical ways. Nanotechnology is amazing because it works quietly behind the scenes but can completely change how we protect and care for the things we love.

“NFL-Water” – a water bottle with an internal filtration system that filters out microplastics!
This filter employs a “Nano-Filter Layer” made from advanced nano fibers or graphene oxide membranes with pore sizes smaller than typical microplastics (less than 5 microns), physically trapping microplastics while allowing water molecules to pass. This is a technology that can be worked on and be made as feasible as RO water filtrations systems are in today’s day and age.

The bottle can be made of metals such as copper, stainless steel (that are in themselves beneficial as they improve water quality). Further these bottles will come with an easily removable (and thus, easily cleanable) nano-filter layer that fits in the bottle seamlessly. While the filtration is going on the bottle will have an LED indicator that flashes on and off and then switches off completely when the filtration has been completed, thus providing the user with safe plastic-free drinking water.

Drinking water without microplastics in it has become an impossible commodity to come by, especially for the urban population; from packaged water, to water bottles, to even our water purification machines – there are few sources of water that do not have a high microplastic percentage and thereby our intake of it. This is a problem that severely affects any and every person living in an urban setting. By the method of this idea we can be safer from the detrimental effects of microplastics on the human body.

Currently, in the market, there are several systems available to filter debris, toxins, sediment, chlorine, organic compounds, heavy metals, bacteria and protozoa, etc. and it’s high time we add microplastics to the list. Here’s to diminishing our intake of microplastics and, hopefully, eventually mitigating it completely.