KUALA LUMPUR: When 11-year-old Yevgen Ngui noticed the colours fading from his football jersey, he began researching synthetic dyes and uncovered their toxic nature, as well as the serious harm they pose to aquatic life and human health.
This inspired him and his schoolmates, Yeoh Zi Jian, 12, and Celeste Tan, 10, to create the “Marbling Robot for Sustainable Future” (MarBot4SF), a machine that merges water-marbling techniques with robotics to create stunning, eco-friendly patterns.
MarBot4SF can help reduce the environmental impact on textile printing by creating beautiful and natural patterns on fabric. The students’ goal was to overcome environmental and health complications caused by the usage of synthetic dyes in the fashion and textile industry.