Angelique Greene talks about her SfTI science - video transcript
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A title screen reads: “Dr Angelique Greene talks about her SfTI research” in a turquoise font. The Science for Technological National Science Challenge logo is underneath. Short video clips appear in quick succession as follows: A view of a river as the water rushes towards the camera with a waterfall in the background. A woman washes her hands in a basin. Hands wash a small soapy dog in a dog wash. Two girls, in their teens, sit on the ground of a sports field while they drink from reusable water bottles. A cylinder shape that appears to be made of something that resembles black mist in liquid is shown up close. A man in a hoodie sits in what appears to be a library common area with a laptop in front of him. He takes some pills from a bottle and pops them into his mouth. A close up of the lever of a toilet as it is pushed down. Hands with yellow cleaning gloves put a dinner bowl in the kitchen sink filled with soapy water. The screen is filled with bubbles as they rise which gives the impression that the camera is underwater. Then, a shot of the entrance to a building with three triangular wooden archways. The front of the building is completely glass with patterns painted in green and orange.
A wooden sign inside of the building reads “Scion- Te puna auaha. Innovation at Scion''. Below that is a quote: “From caring for the forests you love, to building the future from timber, to making cutting-edge products… We’re collaborating with innovators around the world to enrich our lives with trees.” The phrase, Tūhuratia ā mātau mahi, explore our mahi, is seen below that.
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Speaker 1:
Water is the most important resource in our daily lives. The average New Zealander uses 200 to 300 litres of water every day. However, there is an invisible menace lurking in our drinking water, micropollutants. Micropollutants come from everyday products, such as pharmaceuticals, cleaning products, and cookware, and are difficult to remove using traditional water purification methods. However, there is one New Zealand-based team at Scion dedicated to solving this problem.
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A woman in what appears to be a laboratory wears a lab coat, latex gloves and safety goggles. She stands while she looks at a computer monitor with her hand on the mouse. The video changes and the same woman addresses the camera directly in front of a green and black backdrop. She wears a black polo shirt with Scion embossed on it. In the bottom left corner of the screen, the words ‘Dr Angelique Greene’ appear, with her title ‘Lead Scientist, Scion’ underneath it.
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Dr. Angelique Greene:
So traditional filters aren't equipped to deal with these types of pollutants. So we decided to develop a filter that can not only handle them but is self-cleaning and eco-friendly.
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Two scientists talk in a lab off to the side of the screen, only partially seen. On the bench, a laptop screen displays an image of what might be seen under a microscope and a selection of petri dishes and test tubes are arranged around it. One scientist points to the screen and the other works on a clipboard. The video changes to three small children in swimsuits as they play in a fountain with jets of water that shoot up from the ground, while a fourth child stands off to one side. A number of Tennessee state flags are in the background.
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Speaker 1:
Scientists are still working out the potential long-term health effects from consuming these covert chemicals. However, it is necessary to work on this problem before it's too late.
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Once again we see Dr Angelique Greene who speaks to the camera, with the backdrop behind her.
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Dr. Angelique Greene:
Micropollutants can contain chemicals such as hormones, which can disrupt the endocrine system and pesticides from agricultural runoff.
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A female scientist in a lab coat who wears glasses and latex gloves stands, poised with a sharpie in hand and begins to draw a hexagonal shape on a plastic screen in front of her as part of what appears to be an equation. We can also see a number of scientific equipment in the laboratory around her.
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Speaker 1:
This technology is currently in the early stages of development, but the researchers have high hopes for it in the future.
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A close up of a watch glass atop a Creality 3D printing machine base. In the middle of the glass are three round gelatinous flattened orange spheres roughly a centimetre in diameter each. A gloved hand picks one up with tweezers and slides it out of the bowl. This switches back to Dr Greene who speaks to the camera again.
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Dr. Angelique Greene:
We would ultimately like to see this technology for commercial or industrial use. However, there could also be a market for the everyday consumer.
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Two men sit at a marble table that appears to be in a cafe at Scion as the painted glass windows are seen behind them, beyond which is a view of a courtyard. They talk with glasses of water in front of them. They both reach for their glasses as they talk and the older man takes a drink. The video ends and a slightly transparent overlay appears over a still shot of the two men with a web address in a turquoise font that reads sftichallenge.govt.nz. Below, the phrase “He hiringa hangarau, he oranga tangata'' is written in bold font, with “Innovation in technology for the benefit of people” written below that in plain font.
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Speaker 1:
So, next time you take a swig of water, you can rest assured that there are researchers out there making it, so it not only tastes good but that it is good for you.