IIT gives glimpse of future tech marvels

Amit Chanda / TNN / Apr 22, 2006, 23:51 IST

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A smart cane for visually impaired, a robocon, a mechanical mail sorter are projects displayed at I2Tech - Openhouse 2006 at IIT Delhi.

IIT gives glimpse of future tech marvels

NEW DELHI:A smart cane for visually impaired, a robocon, automated mechanical flush for urinals, a mechanical mail sorter and leaves collector.
These are not the gadgets out of a Bond flick, but some of the 200-odd projects displayed at I2Tech - Openhouse 2006, a day-long exhibition showcased at IIT Delhi.
The display is an initiative, as Kushal Sen, professor Textile Engineering, IITD said, to boost the budding engineers, particularly the final year students of MTech, BTech, MS, MDs and PhD.
Some other devices on array were sensor networks that come handy in habitat monitoring, remote sensing, battlefield surveillance and tsunami prediction. Most of such systems are deployed in areas where human intervention is impractical.

The network, therefore, emphasises on reducing power consumption and increasing robustness.
An ultra-low cost robot suitable for experiments with accuracy of 2cms has also been invented, since the more expensive GPS doesn't work indoors.
The 'Bio-inspired Self-Organising Sensor Network' has been developed by Aditya Agrawal and Aditya Garg, BTech, final year, Electrical Engineering (EE) and Shubham Mankhand, MTech, final year.

An 'Object Tracking using Multiple Pan-tilt Cameras' that can track any object or person has also been developed by Rajiv Garg and Ashish Pant, BTech final year, EE and Maheshwar Singh, MTech, final year, EE.
"Initially, all the cameras will start, study and store the background. Now if any person enters, the cameras will detect the object and will become masters or managers and start tracking the object.
The cameras will pass the information to the other cameras through the network," said Garg.

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