Removing microplastics from water with magnets

Tonya Hall sits down with Fionn Ferreira, the grand prize winner of the 2018-2019 Google Science Fair, to learn more about his innovative idea that uses statistics and a home-built spectrometer to remove microplastics from water. ⏰TIMESTAMPS: 0:52 - Google Science Fair: The winning entry 1:40 - Why choose this issue? 2:07 - How the solution came about 3:07 - Measuring for contamination & cleansing 5:14 - Putting statistics to work 6:18 - Testing conclusions 6:57 - Potential to scale for industries 8:31 - How to reach Fionn Ferreira FOLLOW US - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf - Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy - Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://ift.tt/HTo56y - Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://ift.tt/2uzbrar - Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://ift.tt/2zZLH7a... - Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://ift.tt/2Ystmu7 https://ift.tt/2rc99wM ZDNet November 04, 2019 at 10:43AM