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5 Pisay N. Vizcaya students invent prototype that can generate electricity from water
At first glance, one might see an orange rig that looks like a homemade fountain. But the device can actually generate electricity from water.
According to a 24 Oras report by GMA News' JP Soriano on Wednesday, five senior high school students from the Philippine Science High School in Nueva Vizcaya created the prototype using recycled materials like tubes, metal fan and water pump.
Called "Pipe-To Manaloto," the invention is placed in a basin filled with water. The name is a play on the GMA show "Pepito Manaloto."
"Natatapon-tapon lang 'yung tubig so naisip ko what if gawan natin 'to ng solution," Earvin Michael Bay, one of the students, said.
Jenshiam Balgua, mentor of the students, said the prototype can generate 1.5 to 5 volts of electricity.
"'Yan po nagagamit namin 'yan para makapag-charge ng phone, pagkatapos niya dumaan sa DC Booster," Balgua said.
"We need to be the catalyst for change, kung anong gusto nating pagbabago, dapat simulan natin," Bay said.
"'Yung projects ng iba eh parang wow, ganon kalaki may mga solar panels and stuff, medyo advanced," Jose Benjamin Dela Cruz, another member of the group, said.
Aside from the students, Philippine Science High School also won P100,000 for the invention. —Anna Felicia Bajo/KBK, GMA News
