This year, Peru is historically facing the worst crisis of dengue. Almost 80% of ​the population in the most affected areas does not have access to clean water, ​forcing people to collect water in plastic containers from tanker trucks that ​distribute it from house to house.

Unfortunately, despite the government recommendations, these plastic ​containers are not adequately covered. It is in these circumstances that ​mosquitoes take advantage to reproduce.

Since mosquitoes can only lay their eggs in still water, we asked ourselves: what ​if we put that water in motion?

That’s how we developed The Guardian Toad: an autonomous device, small enough to ​move within water containers, eliminating the need for batteries or electricity, as many ​affected areas lack these services.

We received inputs from Dr. Mirko Zimic PhD Disease Control and Prevention at John ​Hopkins University and Fernando Perez, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts & ​Design from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. two professionals from the country’s ​most prestigious universities for the research and development of The Guardian Toad. ​This device achieved a 92% protection rate against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.