Engineer and PhD student Maksym Sheremet and his organization, Drone Lab, have recently launched a new and innovative product.
His team of volunteers set up collection boxes outside the campus and dormitories of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, where Sheremet collects disposable e-cigarettes and recycles their lithium batteries.
These batteries are used to power a throwing system connected to a drone, allowing it to carry and throw items. The throwing system is constructed using a 3D printer.
After the real price increase of lithium batteries a month ago, we started collecting electronic cigarettes," his workshop was filled with half-finished drones and 3D printers.
The price of lithium batteries has increased fivefold from its previous $1 per unit, resulting in higher costs. As a solution, the company has opted to use disposable e-cigarette batteries to power their throwing system-- as it is free, easily reusable, and environmentally friendly to recycle.
Within four months, they constructed 4,000 launching systems for under $30 each and sent them to the front lines. They also developed drones from scratch and repurposed existing commercial ones to work with their launching systems.
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