How technology makes life easier – and what’s still up to you / UNSEEN

 

DW Documentary

Aug 3rd, 2021

 

Green tech could help to clean our air, secure our food and protect our cities. An innovative plastic upcycling machine is one promising device made in Taiwan. But can technology really save the planet? Sometimes it seems like a bad dream: floods, air pollution, traffic jams. Sometimes it feels like we’re surrounded by eco-monsters.

But they can be defeated. YouTuber Alex Lin presents state-of-the-art devices.
Arthur Huang builds miniTRASHPRESSO machines for upcycling plastics.  (video 2:57-5:05)  
And Japanese researchers are even working on mirrors in space.