Innovation

"When fitted to railway tracks, the sensors would track visuals, movement, sound, lights and other parameters before corroborating the inputs and feeding them into an automated algorithm."

In their initial proof-of-concept testing, the researchers have managed to lower the temperature inside their device by six degrees Celsius, when compared to the temperature outside.

The 10th edition of India's Largest Ideas Platform, TEDxGateway will be held on 2nd December, 2018 -- an event where a group of interesting and impactful speakers and attendees from vastly different fields will get together to draw inspiration from the most unlikely places.

An IIT-B engineer dedicated to raising awareness on clean transportation, Sushil Reddy built a solar-powered e-cycle that earned him a Guiness World Record.

Rohit Patel, a 21-year-old onion farmer and innovator from Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh, has found a way to store his harvest for a few months and earn ten times the profit!

"I realised how water is one resource we can only reuse and recycle but never manufacture. And so I had to find a solution.”

The team further claims that one tonne of agricultural waste will produce about 100 Green Screens and prevent approximately one tonne of carbon dioxide from entering the air.

"Our USP is the door-to-door step service we offer. Several websites and apps facilitate e-waste management. However, we have collaborated with authorised recyclers who can come to your doorstep to collect the waste."

“Most of the times children are either new to the field of robotics or are in the process of learning about it. Time is limited, so we have to simultaneously work on all aspects, which includes research and development, programming, building, construction and mechanics."

EverGreen is cost-efficient as a metre of banana leaf costs about Rs 5, while plastic and aluminium foil cost anywhere between Rs 40 to Rs 60 per metre.