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Solar Bullock Cart
We can use shock absorbers in bullock carts and ploughing machines in order to reduce the jerks as the roads are not very smooth. One can also mount solar panels on carts and use a dynamo to generate power and charge batteries
Abhishek Poduri, 2005
Buses with Notice Boards!!!
Our public transportation system is a miss when the buses never run on time. Why don’t we have electronic notice boards put up on all bus stops which shows which bus is due next on that stop in how many minutes. For this, we will require electronic transmission system installed in each bus and a central control room monitoring the opposition of buses on the route and relaying that information on all notice boards. This will help people avoid over crowded bus. They could wait for the next bus by knowing time of its expected arrival. It might help in avoiding over crowding of public transport. People can also plan their travel accordingly if timing charts along with actual expected time are displayed on electronic notice boards at very bus stop.
Anurag Khetan, 2005
Owner Alert Alarm System
Burglar alarm System in cars/at home: very often, when the alarm goes off, if nobody happens to be nearby, it just goes unattended. The owner has no way of knowing that something is wrong. Similarly with smoke/fire alarm system when the owner is away. If these alarms could somehow be connected to a small beeper or vibrator that the owner can carry along, it will alert the owner that something has gone wrong and he/she can further alert the neighbours or call up the nearest police station or fire station and try and reach home as soon as possible. Some of this could be true for offices and warehouses also. That would be better than alarms (particularly in cars) that keep blaring but nobody hears.
Neha Bhatia, 2004
Doormats with Switches
Electric switches can be placed below the doormat area so that lights automatically go off when the person leaves the room and are switched on when the person enters.
Problem areas: If there are already two people in the room and one goes out then lights shouldn’t go off. Maintain an electronic counter, which increases as people enter and decreases when they go out. How to distinguish between people coming in and going out? Two switches one inside the door, one outside.
Out – in sequence -> coming in.
In – and sequence -> going out.
Manish Badwal, 2004
Power Generation from a Speed Breaker
Instead of a traditional speed breaker on a road, we could have a cylindrical rotating drum that would turn every time a vehicle passes over it. This rotation could be used for power generation.
(Many such ideas have already been received in NIF, still, idea seems to intrigue many people mainly because unlike shri Parathey (who lives near Nagpur ) and a few students in Chandigarh who have developed a working model, most just leave it at thought level).
Rangarajan J , 2004
Baby Safety Monitor
A tracking device to be clipped onto the baby’s clothes, with a video camera equipment at the workplace of the mother (say for working parents or while he is in the kitchen or doing other household work). A sound alarm mechanism in the device to hear the baby call or cry immediately. A warning alarm which will send off a beeper if the baby enters a dangerous section of the house or ventures outside e.g. store-room, backyard, near electrical gadgets, etc. An automatic reply/voice recorder where the mother can talk to the baby even when she is away. Baby should be able to see the mother on screen.
Swapna Dey, 2004
Do all of us Throw Away Our Fused Tubelights?
We generally throw away a tubelight that is fused at any one of the ends, as it is supposed to be useless. But, there is a simple circuit that can make it glow again and for quite a number of days to come. The best thing about the circuit is, it consists of four diodes (which cost you Rs 2) and a few meters of electric wire. You don’t need a choke for the lamp to glow (The choke is one of the most expensive components of the tubelight system). If the circuit, which not everyone is expected to be knowing, is made available readymade, it can light up several homes. As such tubelight consumes much lesser power than the fluorescent lamps (40W Vs. minimum 100W). Discarded, (fused) tubelights also come for free. This could be a very cheap source of lighting.
Anshuman Sarangi, 2002
Blood Monitoring System
A chip will be placed in the path of blood flow (or more than one chip at different locations). This should be programmed to monitor the following: i) blood pressure ii) Concentration of RBCs, WBCs, etc. iii) common infections. It should be able to do that on its own or by transmitting information about the blood, e.g. through photographs to a nearby receiving unit. This unit will amplify the signals and transmit them to the nearest health care unit. Or, an alarm might be sounded. - Useful for heart patients - AIDS victims who have to be protected from common infections. Other uses would be a simple warning system that might ask the patient to calm down.
T.R. Sahasranaman, 2002
The New Age Car Protection Service
Somewhere along the lines of a mobile phone, cars can have an integrated GPS + registration system which causes it to register into a central control tower in a city/cell –using the GPRS/GSM technology. Advantages being that in the case of breakdown, accidents, or one getting lost, the car can be tracked and help can be reached. At the same time, in the case of theft, or even breaking in at night by burglars, it can remote – notify the police station/authorities. Availability of the network, reach and cost feasibility have to be sorted out. Also it should not lead to a totalitarian solution where state can monitor individuals using this
Srijit Menon, 2002
Free cleaning up of carburetor/engines of vehicles
Public transport and badly maintained vehicles are one of the largest source of pollution on Indian roads. The owners do not have the resources or the interest to periodically maintain them. If there can be a pool of engineers/students who could volunteer some of their time in a week or a month to service the corburreters of eh affected vehicles , it could make a difference albeit small. For engineering students, this could be done as part of their course work. I am sure the cost of time is not all that great, once we realize that users may feel slightly embarrassed. A voluntary organiz- ation could do an audit of polluting vehicles and share every day’s performance score at prime time on TV in a city and display the list of owners of least polluting vehicles. Positive incentive for maintaining vehicles better to reduce pollution. Any takers!
Jacob Kuruvilla, 2002
Where are you: Inclusion of a simple positioning device within a mobile phone
Since many of the calls made to mobile devices involve just the communication of where the person is, the inclusion of this device will help in saving a lot of bandwidth/costs etc. It will also save a lot of hassles to the receiver who at times gets disturbed if he/she is on the road or in the middle of a meeting.
The positioning device is not very expensive, but needs support from satellite network and this could make it expensive. But if the customers are willing to avail the facility/convenience then it would be worth an attempt.
Nirjhar Goel, 2002
Cooking gas safety device
Attaching an automatic cut-off switch in LPG gas stoves which can cutoff
the supply of gas to the stove if it is not lit for a threshold period e.g. two minutes might add to the safety
Nishith Kamthan, 2002
Agarbatti having built in matchstick
Many Indian homes/offices/shops use agarbattis daily. Normally, it is lighted using a matchstick which is then thrown away. Instead, the tip of the agarbatti itself can be made like the matchstick head. So, in order to light it, we can simply strike the agarbatti against an abrasive surface. This will save a lot of natural resources like matchwood, paper for matchbox.
Sumedh Jaiswal, 2002
Rotating headlights in Cars
In cars, the two front headlamps are usually fixed to focus the light beam ahead. These remain constant in the night while turning. If we can have two additional headlights which rotate in the direction of the steering wheel movement, the driver can get a better visibility of the direction in which he wants to go and thus reduce accidents.
Anubhav Gupta, 2002 |
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Honey Bee, 17(1) & (2): 34-35 &39, 2006 |
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