Important days
11th July : World Population Day
(Theme - "How to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now")
Tripura university devised Hand sanitizer dispenser with waste water recovery system
Harjeet Nath, a professor of Tripura university has innovated a hand wash system which comprises the contactless sanitizer, operated by pedal mechanism. Its uniqueness lies in the feature to manage the waste water treatment.
This hand wash system is the assemblage of three parts - firstly there is a stand with a paddle attached at the bottom which dispenses the soap once you put your leg on the paddle. Secondly, there is a separate basin to wash off your hands. The smasher of the system lies in the third part as it possesses small wastewater treatment facility which effectively saves water i.e, the water treatment placed there kills the germs and microorganism thereby, ensuring clean and fresh water to be reused and the waste water is removed through the spate panel. For this innovative and effective step to conserve water, professor Harjeet has been appreciated by Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', the Minister of Human Resource Development.
AI device to scrutinize 'Social Distancing'
Across the globe, as people grapple with COVID-19, researchers and scientists are spending hours in their laboratories, developing measures to combat the virus. But in this phase of unlock, the foremost criteria to be COVID-safe is to ensure social distancing.
So, students and researchers from IIT Kharagpur, Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) have engineered a cost effective AI device to keep a check on social distancing in public places. As the device is capable to detect the gap between the individuals visually, so as the norms of social distancing is violated the device through audio output plays an alert sound. So as to curtail the cost, team AGV, has used inexpensive and readily available hardwares. The device has been tested successfully with installation of three prototypes at the marketplace of the IIT Kharagpur campus.
Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in collaboration with Niti Aayog launches the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat app innovation challenge, which has been promoted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi so as to ease local app developers to create ingenious apps, thereby moving a step ahead towards self reliant and digitalised India.
Today there is tremendous ardour among the tech and start-up community to orient world class Made in India apps, so the vision is to facilitate their ideas and create an ecosystem where startups and Indian entrepreneurs are boosted to advocate,ideate, build, sustain and foster tech solutions not only within our nation but also across the globe.
This app innovation challenge consists of various incentives and cash awards so as to encourage the new startups.
The AatmaNirbhar Bharat app innovation challenge has been launched in the following 8 categories :
Social Networking
Office Productivity and Work from home
e-Learning
Entertainment
Health and wellness
Business including agri tech and fintech
News
Games
IIT Guwahati invented a Disinfectant Tunnel
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is consistently excelling in fighting against the neoteric coronavirus. Students and researchers at IITG are unremittingly working to prevent escalation of covid-19 and derive a way out of it. Vixudha Bio Product, a start-up incubated at IITG in partnership with Oasis Fabrication have devised and designed a disinfectant tunnel
for a full body disinfection. The disinfectant tunnel is a full body sterilization chamber which fumigate one personnel at a time. The fumigatory liquid is sprayed via high pressure nozzles in the form of fine mist filling the chamber, for seven seconds. The fluid lysates the protein structure of microorganisms on the surface thereby killing them eventually. The uniqueness of the tunnel lies in the mist formation as it facilitates uniform distribution of disinfectant on the object/body and not just hands or specific portions of the body. Despite being effective on coronavirus, it can also work upon any kind of microorganisms/viruses. This device is also economical as it cost about Rs.2 only per person. Also its feasible size (3 feet by 6 feet by 8 feet) supports easy installation at confined space. Thus, the tunnel is economical as well as effective against the novel virus.
ITI Berhampur developed UVC - based shoe sole sanitizer
Odisha's industrial training institute ITI devised an ultraviolet- C sole sanitizer for the fumigation of shoes, which was launched by Surboto Bagchi, chairman of Odhisha Skill Development Authority (ODSA) via webinar. The first unit was installed at covid-19 hospital in Sitalpalli on the outskirts of the city. As there is high risks of transmission of pathogenic and novel viruses via sole of shoes especially in hospitals and public places like railway stations, malls, etc. So to combat the spread, this is where sole sanitizer comes into picture. The device consists of a covered portable platform with a shoe sole receiving surface. As one wears it the UVC lamps light up underneath, directing UVC rays for 8 seconds to kill the microorganisms present on the sole. These UV-C rays damage and alter the DNA of microbes/viruses thereby preventing it from replication. The device also possesses a leak-proof cover over the chamber so as to ensure safety of harmful rays leakage.
Reusable N95 and N99 masks
IIT Kanpur has increased the production rate of N95 and N99 grade face masks to about 25,000 masks per day. IIT Kanpur has been sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DSTs) nano mission.
Tese advanced reusable masks possesses
three filters: a Nonwoven filter, a
Coarse filter, and a Nanofiber filter, along with a supporting layer. The supporting layer is potent enough to kill the coronavirus as soon as it enters the mask
filter. These masks are equipped to elimi-
nate the secondary source of taint.
ISRO has organised various online Competitions
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the space agency of the Government of India and with its headquarters in Bengaluru, has announced the ISRO Cyberspace Competition.
Amid this unprecedented condition, as the young minds have to avoid traveling So, ISRO decides to organise an online Competitions via digital mode which will motivate students to explore the boundless mysteries in the domain of space science and Technology.
The competition includes :
Drawing competition for classes 1-3.
Model making or science craft competition for classes 4-8.
Essay writing competition for classes 9-10
Essay writing and quiz competition for classes 11-12.
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