Rapid Aqua Life Save™: A High Value Blockchain Innovation

Introduction to the Rapid Aqua Life Save™blockchain solution for saving lives at sea.

Overview of Course Contents

An introduction to Steve Downer CSPO® CSM® CBAP®, global thought leader, blockchain consultant and Inventor of the Rapid Aqua Life Save™ innovation.

People who will benefit most from this course.

• Provide students with a practical example of how wearable tech, Blockchain, smart contracts and quantum computing could be applied together in the near future, to save peoples’ lives at sea
• Demonstrate how Blockchain and other new technologies have the ability to drive breakthrough innovation for years to come
• Provide an overview of how Rapid Aqua Life Save™ could save more peoples’ lives at sea, assist first responders, give end-users more peace of mind when at sea, and create new tech jobs and business opportunities

Learn the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain.

Evaluating students' answers to the Quick Win Activity

Understanding the ancient problem of drowning in open water by looking at the statistics, and underlying customer and business need that the Rapid Aqua Life Save™ Blockchain solution aims to address.

An overview of the Rapid Aqua Life Save solution demonstrating how Blockchain and SmallSat technology will be capable of saving lives in open water in real-time. 

Supporting text for visual use case described on previous slide, with additional context.

Outlining this innovation's capabilities at a high level.

Quick quiz to test students' learning.

Overview of who would benefit from the innovation and who would be impacted in other ways. 

Exploring some of the reasons why this innovation will have unique advantages. Covers areas such as passenger safety, job creation and various forms of transport.

An overview of key metrics of interest related to the solution. 

Quick quiz to test students' learning.

Explaining the Tech to Understand the Value: Sensors and Nanomaterials

Explaining the Tech to Understand the Value: SmallSats and Blockchain

Explaining the Tech to Understand the Value: Smart Contracts and Quantum Cryptography

Worksheet exercise to test students' understanding. 

Evaluation of worksheet exercise completed by students.

A high level discussion about the likely opportunities and threats that quantum computing would pose to all current blockchain solutions, including the Rapid Aqua Life Save™ innovation. 

A high level overview of the IOTA Tangle protocol and its potentially game-changing role in the future of secure distributed transactions.

A closer look at the IOTA protocol's capabilities and how they might benefit the Rapid Aqua Life Save™ solution. 

A closer look at some of the known challenges with the IOTA protocol,  and how they might impact the Rapid Aqua Life Save™ solution. 

A quick quiz to test students' learning. 

Potential barriers to realizing the implementation of the innovation.

This lecture outlines the missed opportunity of not pursuing this open-sourced innovation. 

Desired outcomes for the innovation, including several win-win scenarios.

Students will get a brief overview of how an innovation like Rapid Aqua Life Save™ benefits from it's open-sourced patenting approach to intellectual property. The discussion will also touch on strategic trademarking of the innovation on a case-by-case basis.

A summary of key ideas from this course, as well as next steps to expedite students' knowledge and skills about the high-value topics discussed.  

Resources to take you beyond the slide deck.