This article by Schiller (2017), “Boy Genius Boyan Slat’s Giant Ocean Cleanup Machine Is Real” tells the story of Boyan Slat and the culmination of his efforts in making his vision of an Ocean Clean-up Machine a reality. The article states that oceanographer Charles Moore first spotted the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1977. Since then, the Patch has proliferated to the point of having areas where one could traverse. By virtue of his profession as an inventor, Slat's innovative design involves booms in a floating arrangement of up to 50 devices of 0.6 miles each. The article further mentions that B oyan Slat anticipates his project to amass tens of thousands of tons of waste a year to be disposed of monthly through these devices. Slat has since announced that his project w ould commence waste elimination from the Patch in 2018. Lastly, Schiller explain ed that Boyan Slat aims to recycle plastic waste into commodities such as chairs and eyewear and attract companies to sponsor