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Children Creativity and Co-Creation Workshop, May 2018 |
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"May 2018, SRISTI organized a Children Creativity and Co- Creation Workshop to harness their creative and innovative potential. Selected privileged and underprivileged children were exposed to common societal problems prevailing in selected regions around Grambharti, Amarapur (Gujarat) and were motivated to seek solutions to the observed problems.
The workshop included field visits to Aluva, Amrapur, Arjunpura, Gaushala, Manasa, slum area near Gandhinagar Railway Crossing, GMDC Gandhinagar (Industrial Area). The students were divided into groups mentored by engineering students and other volunteers. There, they met local residents, artisans, farmers, workers, etc., and discussed their daily schedule and the problems they face.
The field visits were followed by rigorous brainstorming sessions where children were motivated to analyse the problems and identify solutions for the same. With the help of basic stationary made available to them, the children came up with a number of innovative ideas that could solve the problems discussed. The ideas were presented graphically in most cases. Later, another visit was planned for children to discuss the solutions with the community concerned.
Solutions to a few problems:
Direction alert system enabled wrist watch
Samyak and Harishikesh felt concerned about people forgetting the direction or losing their way while walking.
They suggested placing a chip in the watch that will alert the person if he/she walks towards the wrong direction.
Automated earthenware painting solution
When the students met the potters, they observed the various processes involved in making pots. Samyak and Harishikesh particularly pointed out the process of painting the earthenware as a monotonous and laborious task.
As a solution, they suggested that a clamp-arm type mechanism with a revolving plate can be used with brushes attached to the sides. The clamp can hold the pot placed on the rotatory plate and paint it effectively.
Samyak Patel and Harishikesh
Installing a rotatory plate to the sugarcane juicer
Happy and Priyanka observed two men extracting sugarcane juice using the traditional juicer. One would push the sugarcane from one side and another to pull it from the other side and gave it back to repeat the process. They wondered if a rotatory plate could return the sugarcane again to the user for the next pass. This would save the labor involved and also make it quite an efficient process.
A similar idea was reported in SRISTI Summer School, June 2017.
Happy Rawal, Priyanka Rawal
Automatic carpet roller
Vidhi came across a few local carpet weavers and realised rolling a carpet requires a lot of effort from the worker’s side. And also, continuous bending can injure the spine or lead to other back problems.
She suggested to develop a movable machine that rolls the carpet automatically.
Vidhi R. Yelsattiwar
Movable Scarecrows to save fields from the animal menace
Nisha met a few farmers near Amrapur noted the problem of wild animals destroying the crops. She remembered a farmer telling her that wild animals are scared of farmers but it isn’t possible for the farmer to be present all the time on the field to save the crops. This gave her the idea of a sensor-enabled mechanism and movable scarecrows which can be installed in the fields. When any animal motion is sensed on the field, the movable scarecrows are enabled which would scare away the wild animals.
Nisha Kirit Kumar Chauhan
Sensors to avoid road accidents
During rains or fog, accidents are quite common. The visibility is low and cars cannot spot an accident ahead and thus, leading to further collision.
Solanki sought to solve the problem using sensors on the road that would indicate any collision/accident ahead.
Solanki Jaimin
Multipurpose headrest for farmers’ convenience
Arjun found farmers working in the daylight hours under the scorching sun. The temperature in a tropic region like Gujarat is also soaring high.
He thought of a headrest fitted with a solar powered fan and a misting device for the comfort of the farmers. The misting device would constantly provide cool air. The top of the headrest can have a belt for carrying heavy weights. The headrest can act as a shield from sun, a load carrying device and also as a barrier to protect dry husk from flying into the farmers’ eyes.
Effective watering technique
Luv and Yash gave the idea of effective watering technique to reduce water loss. When we water plants, it takes time to percolate through the top soil. In the meantime, it also evaporates and thus is lost.
A PVC pipe must be set beside the stem of the plant, in the bottom of the pipe there should be multiple holes all around. The bottom part must be filled with small gravel to hold it in place. The water must be poured into the pipe so that the water goes directly to the roots. Therefore, controlling the water flow to the plants and avoiding wastage.
Desai Luv Kumar Arvindbhai and Desai Yash Innovative machine for generation of electricity
Lay gave an easy solution to one of the most common problems i.e. shortage of electricity.
He gave the idea of producing electricity through moving vehicles. This can be made possible by Installing a free motion device with two adjoining rectangular surfaces. It should be small enough to fit within the divider of the road. Speed of the passing cars will cause it to rotate swiftly from which we can produce electricity.
Lay Patel
Herbal tooth brush bristles
A healthy way to keeping the teeth clean. Toothbrush bristles are made of plastic, which is quite unhealthy.
Therefore, Murmai and Shreya thought of bristles can be made of herbs like tulsi ( Ocimum tenuiflorum), babool (Vachellia nilotica) or neem (Azadirachta indica).
Murnmai Chandrashekhar Funde and Shreya Bawankar
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Honey Bee, 29(2) & 29(3) ,20-22, 2018 |
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