Movable Road Dividers
Inventor:-Sidharth Pal
Class 11, Sai Grace Academy
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
All of us may have observed that vehicular traffic load on either side of the divider at different times during the day (specially during peak hours) varies.The children suggest having movable road dividers, which can be shifted to the left or right depending upon the incoming traffic from a particular side thereby easing congestion on roads.Sitting inside a vehicle surrounded by loud honks while stuck in a traffic jam is a daily irritant for most commuters.
Sidharth used to get annoyed when he would get delayed while on the way to an important class. He put on his thinking cap and came up with a simple but effective solution -- movable road dividers.
Modified painting brush
Inventor:-Ektapreet Kaur
Class 9, Police DAV School, Jalandhar, Punjab
Even though Ektapreet has never been too fond of art and painting, she doesn't miss her fine arts class,
which is twice a week.She observed how different paintbrushes were required for different kinds of strokes and paintings. "What a waste of money and how tiring to keep alternating from one brush to the other!" she thought.This inspired her to think of a single paintbrush, which could accommodate varying sizes, just like a pen can have refills of many colors.
Solution for traffic congestion
Inventor:-S Charishma
Class 8, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Getting stuck in traffic is the worst way to start the day but it is something experienced by mostly everyone, whether it is a kid going to school or a clerk going to his office. Charishma found an innovative solution to this problem.She noticed patterns in movements of vehicles.One side of the road has more traffic in the morning, which shifts to the other side in the evening. So she proposed a simple, but very creative solution: why not use movable dividers?Depending upon the incoming traffic from a particular direction, the dividers can be shifted to increase lane size.
A solution to tackle Illegal drivers
Inventor:Jyoti Dhillon
Class 10, Shishu Shala School, Rewari, Haryana
Jyoti, who aspires to be a doctor, wants an automatic sensor inside the vehicle that prevents driving without a valid license.She enjoys math as it keeps her mind fresh but feels bad on coming across a problem that she cannot solve.Ranjan, Class 8 and Shiv Kumar, Class 6 ,Gandhi Madhya Vidyalaya, Patna, Bihar .Ravi and Shiv were troubled by daily cases of vehicles getting stolen in their neighbourhood or accidents caused by people without valid licenses.Working together, they came up with the idea of a slot near the ignition for inserting the driving license.The onboard system would check the validity of the inserted card and allow the vehicle to move only if everything is in order.
Artificial assistance for blind people
Inventor:B Survesh
Class 10, The Hindu Colony Chellammal Vidyalaya SSS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
With a blind granduncle and grandaunt, Survesh has seen first-hand problems faced by the blind.Therefore, he thought of creating sunglasses that could help them recognize people and objects independently. The sunglass has an inbuilt camera to record the image and the name of a person met for the first time.When the person is met the next time, the image processing software recognises and speaks out his/her name to the blind person. It can also search online to identify objects.
Spray-on gloves and socks
Inventor:-Aditya Joshi
Class 8, Bal Shikshan Mandir, Pune, Maharashtra
A fast-drying, non-abrasive, water-proof solution filled in a spray can. Just spray it on your hands or feet to get snugly-fitted gloves or socks that can be easily peeled-off after use! Aditya's idea does away with problems like a missing sock or glove, or not finding the perfect size.Since it is water-proof and self-sealing, it provides excellent protection for anyone working with their hands and feet. So it can be used by a factory worker handling dangerous chemicals, or a farmer standing bare-foot in water-filled paddy fields, and so on.
"I had noticed people like garbage collectors, or even farmers, work in unhygienic conditions that made them vulnerable to diseases. It made me think of this idea that gives protection and could be made easily available at an affordable cost," replied Aditya when asked how he came up with the idea.
Headphones with sensors to detect external sounds
Inventors:Lakshya Kaura, Naman Jain, Manav Mitra, Utkarsh Hora, Amrit Dang , Sehaj Kataria
Class 8, Vasant Valley School, New Delhi
Most people take off their headphones while on road to avoid accidents. But one young boy loved his music too much to part from it.He wanted to listen to it while walking on the road, but not at the cost of safety. He shared his anguish with his friends and all six of them put their heads together to come up with an innovative solution: headphones fitted with sensors to pick up external sounds.So, if a vehicle honks within 10 metres, the headphones automatically stop playing and sound an alert.
Device to monitor mental stress in students and others
Inventor:-Himanshu Jiteshbhai Parmar,Ankita Arora
Class 10, Pandit Nehru Vidya Vihar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Class 10, Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, Punjab
It disturbed 15 year-old Himanshu to see parent's single-minded focus on their child's studies. The catchphrase "padh, beta padh" (Study, child, study!), though well-intentioned, builds up pressure on the child."I remember reading a news paper story about students who committed suicide because of failure in their class 10 board exams," he shares.This made him to think of a system to measure tension/mental stress. It would tell the degree of stress and if found high, students can unwind before going back to their studies.
Ankita was distressed to see her mother struggling with acute back pain that confined her to bed for over a year. Her mother's agony gave her the idea of creating a device for detecting and monitoring levels of mental stress in an individual.This can alert patients and their families dealing with mental stress to take corrective steps.
Preventing mobile usage while driving and unique doorbell to identify visitors
Inventor:-Rajashree Choudhury
Class 5, Little Flower School, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
The first idea can stop people from using a mobile when driving.How? It is a device with a place for inserting a mobile, and it is fixed on the car dashboard or handle of a two-wheeler. The vehicle moves forward only if the mobile is inserted into this device.In other words, the driver can't talk on the phone while driving.
Her next idea is to have personalized doorbell ringtones so you know who is at the door beforehand. The doorbell has unique codes assigned to different individuals. So when a guest presses their code, the doorbell rings with a specific sound.
Wind-operated ceiling fan
Inventor:Md. Usman Hanif PatelClass 2, Tapti Public School, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
What's the Idea?
Ceiling fan inside the house mechanically powered by a wind-mill on the roof.
Once travelling towards Nandurbar, looking out the window of a moving train, 6-year-old Usman saw some windmills zipping by.His father explained that a windmill turns using wind energy and as the blades move on top, the bottom attachments also move.One day, staring at the ceiling fan during a power cut, Usman wondered what would happen if the ceiling fan could be connected to a fan placed on the roof. That way, when the wind moves the fan outside, the ceiling fan would move in synergy.
Mobile to mobile charging
Inventor:-Ravi Duhan, Sanjay Raghav and Manoj Kumar
Class 9, SD SSS, Rewari, Haryana
This group of three friends had seen files shared between mobiles through Bluetooth.Extending this further, they wondered why a mobile cannot be used to charge another mobile.Brainstorming this further, they came up with possibly two ways of doing this -- wired or wireless way of charge transfer from one mobile to another.
The idea is especially relevant for rural areas with its erratic power supply.
Hand pumps that rise automatically in flood affected areas
Inventor:-Kripesh Swain and Kumar BiswajeetClass 8, DAV Public School, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
Kripesh and Biswajeet were very irked by the fact that during the monsoons, especially in flood affected areas, muddy water would gush into the bore wells from the top, rendering the once fresh water unusable.To prevent this problem from recurring, they designed a hand pump such that it can go up with the rising water level, so that it remains usable."We couldn't tolerate the extent of suffering in different parts of Odisha. Everybody deserves pure water," they said.
Reventing driving without a license/valid documents
Inventors:-Varsha Kumari,Durgesh Kumar
Class 10, Indra Prasad Singh Gangstahliya Balika GyanpithPatna, Bihar
Class 10, DAV HFC Barauni,Begusarai, Bihar
Alarmed with an ever increasing rate of accidents caused by teenage drivers and those without proper training, these children have conceived similar ideas to prevent this.The basic idea is to prevent a vehicle from being driven if the authorized license is not present, is invalid or has expired.
Retractable toilet pot with cleaning system
Inventor:-Shweta VermaClass 9, Gyan Sthali Public School, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Retractable toilet fitted with sensors -- the pot can be pulled inside the wall after use and taken out when needed.Shweta believes, "This will help people who have small homes with little space. It can also be used in other places where space is a constraint."
Cushioned-helmets for labourers
Inventor:-G Jeevan SidharthClass 9, Shrishti Vidyashram, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
"While going to school, I often observed construction workers carrying bricks and cement on their head. I wanted something that would protect the head, reduce pressure and help to balance load. Just like how a helmet gives safety while riding, why can't a helmet protect these workers?"He thus went on to design a helmet to provide safety to workers at construction sites. It is fitted inside with a cushion that gives protection while the outer surface has a slight inward curve for easy balancing.
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