Imagine moving a wheelchair with your eyes or commands. Or think of a situation when you can hire autorickshaws via SMS. Or make your garden lush using technology.
These are among the six innovative projects created by engineering students across the state.The projects were selected for further development after the first ever talent hunt jointly held by Startup Village, India’s first telecom incubator, and the Kerala Chapter of the IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) to identify innovative projects in communication technologies and applications by engineering students.
Conceived by five students of Sahrudaya College of Engineering Technology, Kodakara, Thrissur, the ‘Intelligent Wheelchair’ can be operated through eye movements, voice or a lever so that even the differently-abled can operate it. Sensors to detect hazards, SMS alerts to get connected to a patient, and a device to monitor physiological conditions and inform a doctor will be other smart features in this wheelchair.‘Smartmotive’, developed by students of Government Engineering College, Thrissur, is a standing wheelchair that helps a paralysed person to stand up from a seated position.
Since the movement is controlled by retinal movements or facial commands or sound, it can be operated by people suffering from any kind of paralysis.
Another interesting project is the ‘SMS Vehicle Locating Solution’ by a team from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.
Commuters can send SMS alerts to auto drivers pinpointing their location in plain text as well as an identifiable landmark location code to the designated number to avoid waiting.
The proposed system is designed to function on basic feature phones that support SMS functionality.STARK (Scientifically Trained Arm-Robotic Kinesis), proposed by a group of students of Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, is a battery-powered, lightweight exoskeletal framework of an arm to provide support, or to enhance the physical capabilities of the wearer. Project Harita (Hybrid Automated Remote Irrigation Technique for Agriculture), is a user-friendly automated solar-powered irrigation system for domestic gardens mooted by students of Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.
Another project is ‘Tarang’, which is a technique to convert mechanical effort of any kind to electrical energy. Developed by the students of SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Karukutty, it is a compact device which allows users to convert any ‘weird’ mechanical energy source into electrical energy without any modification to the apparatus. The system is compact and light.Sanjay Vijayakumar, chairperson of the Governing Board and Sijo Kuruvilla, CEO, Startup Village, have said that they would extend 50 per cent of the project cost of `2,54,000 to incubate these ideas.
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