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Solution Overview

Solution Name:

Ecranoplan for cargo transportation

One-line solution summary:

Third way to ship intercontinental goods

Pitch your solution.

Today, we have two ways to ship intercontinental goods, air and ocean. Air : short transit time (12 hours) and high freight rate. Ocean : long transit time (20 days) and low freight rate. We have a solution, the third way to ship intercontinental goods, the Ecranoplan : short transit time (24 hours) and low freight rate (carries 1270 tons). It is a blend of air and ocean.

What specific problem are you solving?

We have a short transit time with a vessel volume.

What is your solution?

The Ecranoplan uses the ground effect that saves 40% fuel as a normal aircraft and it carries 5 times more than the biggest aircraft.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

We can ship more goods and fast with a low freight cost.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Enable small and new businesses, especially in untapped communities, to prosper and create good jobs through access to capital, networks, and technology

Explain how the problem, your solution, and your solution’s target population relate to the Challenge and your selected dimension.

We can develop this new project with the small and medium aerospace companies. Creating local jobs and other business opportunities.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea

Who is the primary delegate for your solution?

Myself

About Your Team

Partnership & Prize Funding Opportunities

In which of the following areas do you most need partners or support?

Business model
Solution technology
Product/service distribution
Funding and revenue model
Talent recruitment
Board members or advisors
Legal or regulatory matters
Monitoring and evaluation
Marketing, media, and exposure

Please explain in more detail here.

To help to develop this new transportation concept.

What organizations would you like to partner with, and how would you like to partner with them?

MIT faculty

Explain how you are qualified for this prize. How will your team use The Andan Prize for Innovation in Refugee Inclusion to advance your solution?

We will develop a new product in the market that it requires a large workforce. It will create a lot of jobs opportunities for the refugees.

Explain how you are qualified for this prize. How will your team use the Innovation for Women Prize to advance your solution?

I'm a woman and I know our needs. I want to help poor women in our society to succeed in their professsional skills and to improve their standard of living.

Explain how you are qualified for this prize. How will your team use The GM Prize on Good Jobs and Inclusive Entrepreneurship to advance your solution?

My solution requires new technologies.

Explain how you are qualified for this prize. How will your team use the Gulbenkian Award for Adult Literacy to advance your solution?

This project is big and we can give opportunities to everyone. High and low skill people. The low skill people will be training to become a high skill. They will have the opportunities to grow in their careers and the most important, a caring human being.

Explain how you are qualified for this prize. How will your team use the AI for Humanity Prize to advance your solution?

We will give opportunities for poor people to develop their talents.