Clip description
Inventor John Walker has found a way of turning landfill into compost, a form of contemporary alchemy. It’s a system capable of functioning on a huge scale, very economically.
Curator’s notes
This clip is a good example of how the show is able to set up and explain complicated inventions quickly and simply. Introducing the inventor with some simple graphics then letting him or her speak personalises the inventor and draws us in, so we have a vested interest in the outcome.
Each week the audience is given information on how to submit an invention to the program. At the end of the program viewers at home are invited to vote on their personal choice. This form of interaction is made possible through the online communication between the program makers and the audience. At the end of the series an overall winner is chosen.