{"id":11598,"date":"2012-06-18T23:33:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T21:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/s-african-innovator-takes-water-out-of-showering\/"},"modified":"2012-06-18T23:33:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T21:33:33","slug":"s-african-innovator-takes-water-out-of-showering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-african-innovator-takes-water-out-of-showering\/","title":{"rendered":"S.African innovator takes water out of showering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Enos Phosa<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, June 18<\/span> (Reuters) – With inspiration from a
\nfriend too lazy to take a shower and a few months of research on
\nthe Internet, South African university student Ludwick Marishane
\nhas won global recognition for an invention that takes the water
\nout of bathing.<\/p>\n

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Marishane, a 22-year-old student at the University of Cape
\nTown student invented a product called DryBath, a clear gel
\napplied to skin that does the work of water and soap.<\/p>\n

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The invention, which won Marishane the 2011 Global Student
\nEntrepreneur of the Year Award, has wide applications in Africa
\nand other parts of the developing world where basic hygiene is
\nlacking and hundreds of millions of people do not have regular
\naccess to water.<\/p>\n

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The product differs from the anti-bacterial hand washes by
\neliminating the heavy alcohol smell. It creates an odourless,
\nbiodegradable cleansing film with moisturisers.<\/p>\n

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He came up with the idea as a teenager in his poor rural
\nhome in the winter when a friend of his said bathing was too
\nmuch of a bother, made all the worse by a lack of hot water.<\/p>\n

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“He was lazy and he happened to say, ‘why doesn’t somebody
\ninvent something that you can just put on your skin and you
\ndon’t have to bathe’,” said Marishane.<\/p>\n

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It was his “eureka” moment.<\/p>\n

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He then used his web-enabled mobile phone to search through
\nGoogle and Wikipedia in pursuit of a formula. Six months later,
\nhe came up with DryBath and a obtained a patent.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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