Students Design E-Slippers And Smart Helmets To Tackle Darkness And Drunk Driving On Roads
Senior secondary students decided to find a solution to absence of streetlights by developing slippers that come with lights.
India might have electrified all its villages but it is still dark in many corners of the country. Senior secondary students decided to find a solution to absence of streetlights by developing slippers that come with lights.
Times of India reported that at the South Indian States Science Fair 2019, class IX students exhibited ¡®E-slippers¡¯ that come with lights and can be used for charging mobile phones also. The boys told the publication that in India since there are no streetlights therefore, they decided to come up with a solution that can prevent road accidents.
Photo: TOI
The innovation has been made by S Parthiban and VM Akaashvaran of Government Higher Secondary School in Tiruttani village of Tamil Nadu. Parthiban said that the slippers installed with lights can be easily spotted and therefore, people driving in dark can slow down as a person wearing these approaches.
While Akashvaran said, ¡°We have used piezo crystal plates below the slipper, which is connected to an electronic circuit. When one walks with the slippers, the plates will be compressed and generate electromagnetic force, which in turn will produce electricity and lights up the slippers.¡±
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Another group has decided to address the prominent issue of drunk driving on roads. A group of students hailing from Sarada Vidyaniketan Government Aided High School in Puducherry has developed a smart helmet for the same.
Photo: TOI/ students who have developed the e-slippers
The helmet wil be synced with the vehicle in order to make sure that the rider cannot start the vehicle without wearing the helmet. This protects the rider and makes sure that he doesn¡¯t forget to protect his head against any adversary. If the rider is drunk then the vehicle wouldn¡¯t start because it is even fitted with an alcohol sensor.
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Not only this but the smart helmet will also keep fuel wastage in check at signals. More than 200 projects were put on display that addressed various social issues like road accidents, agricultural challenges and floods.
