The siblings, Pranav and Gayatri, believe that even a small step in the right direction can make a huge difference. They had often heard stories of road accidents, involving twowheelers. Their mother would worry every time they had to travel by a two-wheeler with their father. In most cases of such mishaps, the two-wheeler rider is knocked down and run over by other passing vehicles. They observed that the major cause for such accidents is the fact that approaching vehicles are unaware of the mishap that has already occurred. This could be due to speed, bad weather or lack of adequate light.
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Secured currency notes
love to learn something new every day” says Madhur. He enjoys reading about successful people and companies and watches TED talks during his free time. He aspires to be a trendsetter and wants to pursue computer science. Music is of great importance to him and he is learning to play the flute and guitar.
One day, he was discussing tax policies in India with his father. He was concerned by the fact that mostly, when people purchase any item, they do not take the bill and simply exchange money. The shopkeeper then easily saves significant amount of tax. This made him wonder if it was possible to print a simple QR code on the currency note, similar to courier
INNOVATION
Emergency light in two-wheelers
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Pranav and Gayatri have come up with the idea of installing a system with an emergency light or siren on the two-wheeler. It would get activated upon accident and alert approaching vehicles about the same. The system can be connected to impact sensors which will activate the hazard lights even if the engine shuts down, thus preventing the accident.
Pranav wishes to pursue mechanical engineering and considers Dr A P J Abdul Kalam to be his idol. Gayatri, on the other hand, enjoys playing the keyboard and is inspired by Helen Keller.
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companies. By printing a unique QR code on every high-valued currency note, one can easily track records of every note. Whenever any note is legally transferred to someone, the QR code is scanned and the information is uploaded on a secured cloud based server. In case of a burglary or bribe, the notes will be blacklisted through the server and whenever the culprit spends them, an alert message will be displayed on the screen.
This will also enable the income tax department to track records and easily discover defaulters, may be a bit like bitcoin with QR code. This will prevent malice like robbery, kidnapping, corruption and illegal printing of money.
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Madhur Gupta Chandigarh, Punjab
WINSPIRE: Empowering youth | February, 2017