An invention from Russia – a magnetic levitation-based soap holder – has won a gold medal at the 47th international exhibition of invention in Switzerland, Geneva Inventions 2019.
The winner – a high school student from the village of Dudinka in the Krasnoyarsk Territory Gleb Voronov – presented the smart device he invented for children and adults in Geneva, NIA Krasnoyarsk agency reports. The innovative soap holder has built-in magnets, which prevent the soap bar’s contact with the surface, so that the soap never gets wet.
The inventor has already obtained a patent from the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) for his solution.
Gleb Kharchenko from the village of Nikel in the Murmansk Region also won a gold medal for an energy efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration unit using carbon dioxide instead of Freon. The invention can be used in everyday life.
Russia also brought solutions for automatic cleaning of glass lenses to the exhibition in Geneva. Both finalists are also winners of the I Make contest of young inventors, one of the charitable programs of the Russian company Norilsk Nickel.