Smart switch that calculates power
Traditional switches suffer from a lot of wear and tear, and may even cause sparks in the wiring. This touch-based, Bluetooth-controlled switch board not only avoids these problems but also provides the details of power consumption on your smartphone.
Why innovative:
- Avoids sparks, wear and tear caused by traditional switches.
- Just touch the switchboard to turn a device ON or OFF, or control it from your smartphone over Bluetooth.
- Gives readings of individual devices on your smartphone, thereby helping to detect energy wastage.
College: Shivaji University, Kohlapur
Manage and monitor water supply
This Internet of Things (IoT) based project solves the issues in outdated water billing systems and even detects contaminated water. The system lets you monitor the usage in individual apartments in a complex.
Why innovative:
- pH and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) sensors help detect contaminated water.
- Issues notifications to the user when there is abnormal water usage.
- It can monitor the water consumption of individual units in a complex.
- Provides information such as hourly consumption, comparative usage etc.
College: MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
Object identification for smart traffic control
This real-time traffic management system uses video analysis techniques to control the timing of the traffic signal. The images obtained from the complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) camera in the system are analysed and processed in real-time to determine the congestion in that particular road and increase the green signal timing accordingly.
Why innovative:
- It works as an add-on to the existing traffic lights system, and is powered by solar panels.
- Image processing is done using simple C++ programming.
- Uses headlight detection at night, and this works even if it is raining.
College: Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
The author is a dancer, karaoke aficionado, and a technical correspondent at EFY.
