Obuasi SHTS Students Build A Solar-Powered Dialysis Machine: "Ghana Is Getting There"
- Obuasi SHTS won this year's Sci-Tech challenge, leaving students and teachers of the school proud
- Students from the school built two innovations that warmed the hearts of many on social media, the innovations included a solar-powered dialysis machine
- Netizens who saw the videos of the innovations the students had developed were impressed and expressed their views in the comment section
Science students from Obuasi Senior High and Technical School have mesmerised netizens with their innovation, which seeks to address a pertinent health issue in the country.
The innovative students have built a dialysis machine that uses solar energy to function and help patients with kidney issues.
Source: Twitter
They flaunted their innovation at the 2024 Sci-Tech Innovation Challenge held at the GNAT Hall.
In a video, the students explained how the solar-powered dialysis machine functions, stating that it uses the principle of diffusion and osmosis to get waste substances from the blood and body.
Watch the video below:
Obuasi SHTS wins 2024 Sci-Tech Challenge
Obuasi SHTS won the 2024 Sci-Tech Innovation Challenge, which Primetime Limited and its partners organised. This year's challenge theme was "Exploring Agritech Solutions to Boost Ghana's Agricultural Industry."
Schools like PRESEC Legon, Bosomtwe STEM Girls SHS, Fijai SHS, Ghana National College, and Obuasi SHTS competed for the trophy.
Obuasi SHTS won the contest with its Osikani Farm Solution SHTS, a solar-powered agricultural system for small-scale farmers.
The innovation performs essential tasks such as weeding, watering, and fertilising while providing real-time monitoring of farm conditions through a smartphone app.
This is the third time Obuasi SHTS has won the challenge.
Netizens hail Obuasi SHS students
The innovation impressed netizens who saw the video, especially the solar-powered dialysis machine. They hailed the students for the machine.
@GrandAdmiral_MK wrote:
"An SHS student speaking like a professional Dr Wow! God bless Ghana and Addo D."
@kojoJacks9 wrote:
"This is what we should support and project more not the NSMQ nonsense."
@CZAR_MK wrote:
"Sad part it if in a case , not wishing doom, can't get 8As.... Medicine for gh will be tough."
@Landoo_szn wrote:
"Sad thing is this will be the only sample of it cause government wouldn’t invest in such an initiative."
@bIgBoYrozAy wrote:
"Our politicians will still prefer to outsource in order to get Nokia."
Ghanaian man builds robot
In an almost related development,YEN.com.gh previously published a report showcasing the innovations of a Ghanaian man who had built a humanoid robot.
In a video posted on social media, the man could be heard dishing out instructions to the robot in Twi and English, which the machine responded to.
Netizens who saw the video were impressed and expressed their sentiments in the comment section.
Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh
Source: YEN.com.gh
