Aeropod
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Aeropods are pressure-sensitive capsules that break up compacted, waterlogged soil without machinery, releasing oxygen and restoring drainage when most needed. Designed to biodegrade and enrich the soil with microbial nutrients, they support healthier crops while avoiding disruption to soil ecosystems. Customisable and climate-responsive, Aeropods offer farmers a low-risk, low-effort way to transition toward regenerative agriculture. By enabling natural soil recovery across all weather conditions, they help safeguard food production and future-proof vulnerable farmland
Team
Alex Clark
Imperial College London
Alex Clark is co-founder of Muju Earth, a climate-tech venture tackling soil regeneration. A graduate of the Innovation Design Engineering Master’s at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, he combines systems thinking, user-centred design, and entrepreneurial leadership to deliver innovations with measurable impact. His experience spans defence, automotive, legal, hospitality, and climate-tech, leading projects from digital design for the British Army to tools for global law firms. Recognised with awards including WE Innovate 2025 and the Innovation Expo European Championship 2025, Alex is driven to create sustainable, transformative change.
Lu Afolayan
Imperial College London
"I am a mission-driven interdisciplinary inventor and innovator. A soil obsessor, AI enthusiast, engineer and designer. I use design and engineering as tools to create, manage and drive product innovation in ‘wicked’ problem spaces. I primarily look at man in the context of his environment and time, and focus on designing solutions that understand and anticipate the needs of people, technologies, ecosystems, and future generations. I design for people and planet, with products primarily across sustainable agriculture and physical computing, creatively exploring materials, technology, systems and products to ensure global food and social security. I've designed products like Aeropod, Germinode, Nibi and Soro, alongside work experience at Huawei, Biofonic, and Computer Warehouse Group."
Wangyang (Ocean) Hu
Imperial College London
Wangyang(Ocean) Hu is a industrial deigner with China, Italy and UK design education, currently studying in Innovation Design Engineering in Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. He is committed to researching the relationship between people and objects, and hope to deepen his collaboration with technicians to explore new scenarios of future human life.
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