They say necessity is the mother of all inventions and true enough, when Atoy Llave became frustrated with the flooding in his country, he thought he had to suit up and get full scientist or engineer mode on! Now, that idea and hard work brought him and his team, H20 Technologies, to a decision to design H20 Salamander, an amphibious tricycle that can transport people from one location to another, whether by land or water.
Llave is a popular Filipino customization businessman, apart from being a car hobbyist. To help people, especially during flooding situations, he found a way to establish an amphibious trike - somewhat a thank you for the success of his business in the country. Quoting Llave himself, “I’ve already achieved so much in the car business. Now, I want to leave behind a legacy. I want to produce something that will help people.”
The primary motivation to build the Salamander may have been the flooding in the country but Filipino Atoy Llave also want to make a point - a statement to “show the world that the Filipino can”. And by doing so, he wants to inspire Filipino to think about what their contribution be to make things better for the world. He wants to change teh colonial mentality that Filipinos have - he wants to assert that it shouldn't always be like this“it’s just a Philippine made, there’s one better abroad”.
But like any invention, theirs face a similar story. They lack fund source, especially from the government. While this is one spectacular innovation, any brilliant creator from the past and the present encounter financial woes like this. With a very plausible design, Atoy has big hope that these working prototypes are enough for him to get a sponsor or an investor to try and revolutionize the country's transportation and disaster coordination methods - and hopefully the world's!
Here are some features of the Salamander; it has one electric and one internal-combustion powerplant engines.
It can carry maximum of six people in land, and four in water.
It isn't that energy-efficient but a 5kW electric engine or a 250cc gasoline motor could very well power it up!
Isn't it sad that this inventor is looking for a private company to finance his study? What if the government provide financial aids to these inventors - maybe they've discovered a whole lot in a small span of time. Isn't this amphibious trike cool? Share us your comments below!
Via TopGear
Via TopGear
Friday, June 19, 2015
