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Two years ago, scientists in the US developed a wrist band that could monitor the elderly, emergency service workers, as well as aid companies check if their employees are productive enough. Called BT2, the device monitored heart rate, body temperature and wrist sweat. The data captured could be wirelessly transmitted to a remote monitoring device.When Pallavi Nagrale, an engineering student from Hyderabad's Auroras Scientific Technological and Research Academy, presented something similar but with a distinctive Indian twist, the audience at Microsoft's Imagine Cup—a global technology competition for students—received it with thunderous applause.Though a business case can be debatable, her solution for the woes of working mothers appeared interesting enough. A 'care-band', which is tied around a baby's wrist, would keep track of the bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity and muscle tension of the baby. If the readings are not normal, the device uses the mobile communication network to send an SMS to the mother's mobile device updating her on the baby's condition.The device is an embedded system with nanosensors and would work based on biofeedback and human energy field. Biofeedback is a process that involves measuring a person's specific bodily functions, conveying the information in real-time. The care-band was one of the many 'imaginative' solutions presented in Bangalore recently—at the competition's India finals. The contest spans a year and winners go on to attend the global finals, this year being held in Poland. Registrations this year crossed 85,000 with participation from colleges across the country.Supreeth S of SSN College of Engineering in Chennai emerged winner at the India finals with a solution that makes the student learning process more exciting and interactive. The solution is a collaborative learning application that consists of entertaining educational games and other fun activities. It enables the use of more than one mouse on a single computer, allowing all students to learn and play simultaneously.Developed using the Windows Multipoint SDK 1.5, it can drastically reduce the money a school might spend on buying computer hardware—it requires only one computer for four students.There were other interesting technology innovations presented—many targeted at resolving women issues.Security was one of them. Shailee Thaker, a third year student of Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, presented a 'Panic Button'. It is a sequence of specified keys that a woman can press on her hand-held mobile to trigger a call to the nearest local police station and residents of the neighbourhood she is in. The police can identify her location using GPS.And a team of two students from Delhi—Neetika Kataria and Summy Kataria—co-created a micro world, PURPOSE (Pledge to Uplift our Rights and Prepare Ourselves for Self Existence). It is an online national portal aimed at giving more flexibility to women across the country. PURPOSE proposed to provide one-stop technological solution to accelerate women development, serve as an interface between women and NGOs, gynaecologists and psychiatrists, career counsellors, crime control branch, media partners and student volunteers from different universities.Danish Chopra from DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar, showcased a 'Surface Independent, Interactive Computer System'. The solution is a wearable device aimed at visually challenged people. The device if attached to any computer, laptop or a Windows mobile based smartphone, converts the surface into a touch screen in real time helping the physically disabled to use the computer and interact using natural finger gestures.The software design category of the Imagine Cup had four students from Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, suggesting a solution to address food security. Their project 'Karshik 2.0' is an application that can maintain a database of crops which farmers can cultivate along with the suitable soil and climatic conditions required. When a user selects a plot of land from the map, the application suggests what crops can be grown in the area among other details. The solution can be made available both as a Web and mobile application.In the same category, a team from the University College of Engineering, Punjab University, demonstrated a project they called Prakash Educational Software Package. The project targets the accessibility of universal primary education. It consists of software catering to the learning competencies as well as reading, writing, and listening skills of primary school children. It makes use of latest technological ideas to provide easy to use applications that will help accelerate learning, keep children engaged and make it more effective than traditional learning. The project also leverages MultiPoint Mouse technology to encourage competition and collaboration amongst students.Yet another solution was aimed at improving rural healthcare delivery. Students from VESIT, Chembur, Mumbai University, came up with an application that can provide affordable medical assistance using portable medical devices and service virtualisation. What they built was called the 'Integrated and Interconnected Primary Health Services Units'. The PHSUs are kiosks bearing portable medical equipments. Strong communication services to the kiosk are ensured so that medical information can be transmitted wherever needed. A note about the project said that these primary health centres can be set up across the states, each of such unit equipped with basic health facilities and manned by trained manpower. These units will offer a few basic facilities like primary medicine and diagnostics among others.Without any doubt, events like Imagine Cup go a long way in ensuring that the innovation syrup gets injected into the techies of tomorrow at a fairly early stage. It bodes well for the world.
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