Be that as it may, patenting his idea was not right according to Momont. “What I wanted to do is to create an actual impact,” Momont claims, “an idea worth as much as implementation, create more of these products with experiences that have an actual impact in life.” His motivation is to have a vision or an idea and to recognize the need to take it to the next step.

Use technology for the greater good of mankind. That’s the rule product designer Alec Momont lives by. Momont recently made international headlines for his defibrillator-fitted ambulance drones that can substantially increase the chances of a person’s survival after a cardiac arrest. The design was made as part of Momont’s thesis project during his MSc at TU Delft. He scored a perfect 10 for it.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx