Maximilian Krauß's Blog – May 2012 Archive (5)

I think one of the biggest progress is to pay with your mobile phone. It is called NFC. Some mobile phones have this feature allready. The future ones like the Iphone 5 will have it. The advantage is you need no longer credit cards. The amount is on your next bill of your mobile phone. Even shopping online with your mobile phone or tablet will become more popular today.

I would build a huge bottle. You can see it from outside. But you can't see what is in their. People can walk through the bottle. At the beginning you will get a small cup of water with the task to drink it till the end. In the bottle you hear the sound that "many people drink water". With every step to the end of the bottle the noise will be more quieter till you can hear no one drinks water.

After the bottle you have to explain the people that there are so many people with exactly…

On the search i found the LifeStraw project. Here is the description of what LifeStraw is."LifeStraw® is a portable water filter that effectively removes all bacteria and parasites responsible for causing common diarrhoeal diseases. LifeStraw® requires no electrical power or spare parts and can be carried around for easy access to safe and clean water."

On the website there are many suggestions to collect money for this project like to sale cakes.…

On my research for this mission I found the idea of Katherine Lucey. She is CEO and founder of Solar Sister. Solar Sister provides women in rural areas that they can run their own business. The organisation will give them a start-up kit of inventory (solar lamps), training and marketing support. The woman can use their connections like family, friends and neighbors to sell the solar lamps. As a result of this possibility women can improve the standard of living. A side benefit is that the…

One of the biggest challenges is to guarantee the quality of food. Today I can buy fruits from Mexico, cuc**bers from Spain, almost everything from everywhere. But who guarantees for the security of the food? Sure there are tests, but you cannot test everything, every time. The last time a bacterium called EHEC caused that some people died. Therefore the people were really worried about food security. Our minister said that Spanish cuc**bers are responsible for this. The consequence was that…