10 young Hungarian inventors you have probably not heard of

Hungarians are rightly proud of all the Hungarian Nobel Prize winners but as nlcafe.hu reports, the inventors of the future should be looked for among the young and creative talents of today who invent outstanding things.

If you have ever wondered who discovered the smart gauze bandage rolls, the glass textile or the fire hydrants that provide drinking water in public places, you might be surprised that all of them are the inventions of young Hungarians. Let’s get to know more about 10 Hungarian inventors and their inventions that might revolutionise our lives.

1. Melinda Szegedi and the smart gauze bandage rolls

What would you expect from a 16-year-old girl? Certainly not a revolutionising item in therapeutic treatment. However, the invention of the Hungarian girl, Melinda Szegedi, was awarded a gold medal in the China Adolescents Science and Technology Innovation Contest. The smart gauze bandage rolls are able to cool and heat, therefore body temperature can be easily changed that can help the treatment of skin diseases and ulcers. She was inspired by her own everyday problem as since her childhood, the joints in her ankle have caused many problems to her and she had to change the compress regularly. No more trouble with her new invention!

2. Anna Hegedűs and the glass textile

Anna Hegedűs, a Hungarian textile designer, created a material with the creative combination of glass and textile that has been enjoying great popularity in interior design. You would never guess, but you could meet this special material in the stations of metro line M4. Here is a video of its diverse usage.

3. Sarolta Hüttl, Judit Soltész, Zsófia Zétényi, Zsófia Zoletnik and the fire hydrant

The idea of the 4 girls makes the intolerably hot summer days more bearable. Their invention is the fire hydrant present in many public places that function as a drinking fountain.

In most cases, these fire hydrants are unused, but with the help of a special head, drinking water becomes accessible in public places by only pushing a button.

If this invention were widespread in Hungary, we could probably forget the distribution of bottles of water during the hot summer season. For more information, check it out here.

4. Imre Sziszák, Miklós Ilyés, József Cseh and the energy-generating pavement

The idea of the energy-generating pavement comes from 3 men from Hajdúnánás.

The uniqueness of the pavement is that it does not only convert the sun’s rays into clean energy, but it also uses the energy generated by stepping on the pavement for electricity transformation.

A further speciality of the project, named Platio, is that it is constructed from domestic garbage, therefore even the production is environmentally-friendly.

5. Tamás Imets and the life-saving drone

The Hungarian high school student, Tamás Imets, invented such drones that are able to give first-aid to people trapped in mountains or under the debris of collapsed buildings. The drone operates without human controlling and can easily detect human faces. Furthermore, it can even avoid obstacles found in its way. It is a huge advancement in finding people involved in accidents and transporting first-aid kits to them as soon as possible.