Marco Antonio Attisani
| Marco Antonio Attisani | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 May 1972 Brasilia, Brazil |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Italian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | London Business School |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur, technology evangelist |
| 🏢 Organization | Watly |
| Known for | Renewable energy, Water purification Startup company |
| 🌐 Website | watly |
Marco A. Attisani (born 18 May 1972) is a Brazilian-born, Italian transhumanist, serial entrepreneur and TEDx speaker..[1]
Watly[edit]
Since 9 March 2013 Attisani is the Founder and CEO of Watly, a company that produces solar-powered scalable off-the-grid supercomputers providing clean water, electricity and Internet connectivity. With his venture Attisani was featured on international press, such as Phys.org,[2] IFLS,[3] Quartz[4] and The Daily Telegraph online,[5] Currently, Watly collects sunlight with PV systems and solar thermal evacuated tube collectors, while water purification involves vapour compression distillation. In 2016, Attisani launched Watly's first crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, raising $17,939.[6] They won the European Pioneers awards[7] and Premio Gaetano Marzotto 2015[8] and received fundings from phase 1 and 2 of Instrument Horizon 2020 in 2016,[9] during which they presented part of the prototype Watly 3.0 at Maker Faire in Rome.[10] An episode of Discovery Science's series The Game Changers featured Attisani's life episodes along with Watly's development and field testing in Africa in 2015.[11] In 2017, Marco Antonio Attisani and Watly were hosts of the Italian pavillion in Expo 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan as representatives of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.[12] With Watly, Attisani was also one of the finalists for INDEX: Design to Improve Life 2017 edition, in the Community category.[13] In October 2017, Attisani presented in world-preview the first full-scale Watly 3.0 prototype at Barcolana regatta in Trieste, Italy. [14]
Personal life[edit]
Marco Attisani was born in Brazil in 1972, from a Brazilian veterinarian and a lion tamer from Naples working in a circus. Afterwards social assistance entrusted Marco and his brother to the orphanage.[15] At 10 years old he was adopted along with his brother by an Italian family.[16] He considers himself a singularitarian and transhumanist. In 2017 Attisani has been portraied by british photographer Platon representing the 6th of the Sustainable Development Goals "clean water and sanitation" for Lavazza calendar 2018.[17]
Notes and references[edit]
- ↑ "Speaker: Marco Antonio Attisani". tedxbergamo.com. Associazone Culturale xChange. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ↑ "15 ton supercomputer provides access to water, energy and the internet". Phys.org. 27 February 2017.
- ↑ http://www.iflscience.com/technology/solar-powered-device-could-deliver-clean-water-electricity-and-internet-africa/
- ↑ https://qz.com/661983/a-15-ton-computer-aims-to-provide-clean-water-electricity-and-the-internet-to-thousands-of-africans/
- ↑ McGoogan, Cara (23 April 2016). "This water purifier generates electricity and creates Wi-Fi connections". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.
- ↑ "The biggest solar-powered computer in the world". Indiegogo.
- ↑ "Meet the EuropeanPioneers startups: Watly". europeanpioneers.eu.
- ↑ "Premio Gaetano Marzotto, vince il sensore tumorale di Scent" [Scent's tumor sensor wins Gaetano Marzotto Award]. Wired Italia (in italiano). 27 November 2015.
- ↑ http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/127640_en.html
- ↑ "E' l'unico nel suo genere al mondo. Lo troverete a MFR16: Watly!" [It is the only one in its kind in the world. You will find it at MFR16: Watly!]. Maker Faire Rome (in italiano). 6 October 2016.
- ↑ https://www.sciencealert.com/these-huge-solar-powered-machines-can-provide-a-whole-village-s-water-supply
- ↑ "Kazakh Invest И Итальянская Компания Bionet Srl Подписали Меморандум О Взаимопонимании" [Kazakh Invest and Italian Company Bionet Srl Signed a Memorandum of Understanding]. Kazakh Invest (in русский).
- ↑ https://designtoimprovelife.dk/watly/
- ↑ http://www.regione.fvg.it/rafvg/comunicati/comunicato.act?dir=/rafvg/cms/RAFVG/notiziedallagiunta/&nm=20171007161813001
- ↑ "Watly e l'Energy_Net". TEDxBergamo (in italiano). 2016.
- ↑ Smith, Sophia (10 October 2016). "Maker Spotlight: Marco Antonio Attisani". makezine.com (Interview). Maker Media. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ↑ https://www.lavazza.co.uk/en/magazine/art-and-culture/calendar-2018/stories/marco-attisani.html
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