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రూ.58 వేలు విలువైన పరికరం రూ.500కే తయార్!
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Published : Jan 7, 2020, 7:46 AM IST
బెంగళూరులో జరుగుతోన్న 107వ యూత్ సైన్స్ కాంగ్రెస్కు వివిధ ప్రాంతాల నుంచి ఎంతో మంది విద్యార్థులు తమ ఆవిష్కరణలతో హాజరయ్యారు. వీరిలో బెంగళూరుకు చెందిన ఇశాంత్.. అంధుల కోసం రూపొందించిన 'వైబ్రేట్ స్టిక్' అందరిని ఆకట్టుకుంటోంది. మరి అది ఎలా పనిచేస్తుందో తెలుసుకుందాం.
అంధులను హెచ్చరించే 'వాకింగ్ స్టిక్' ఆవిష్కరించిన విద్యార్థి
అంధులు రోడ్డుపై నడిచేప్పుడు ముందు వచ్చే వాహనాలు, ఇతర వస్తువులను గుర్తించలేక ఇబ్బందులు పడుతుంటారు. ఇలాంటి వారి ఇబ్బందులను గుర్తించిన బెంగళూరుకు చెందిన ఇశాంత్ అనే విద్యార్థి ప్రత్యేక ఊతకర్రను రూపొందించాడు.
ప్రస్తుతం బెంగళూరులో 107వ యూత్ సైన్స్ కాంగ్రెస్ జరుగుతోంది. ఈ కార్యక్రమంలో పలువురు విద్యార్థులు తమ ఆవిష్కరణలను ప్రదర్శిస్తున్నారు. అయితే.. ఇశాంత్ రూపొందించిన అంధుల ఊతకర్ర ప్రత్యేక ఆకర్షణగా నిలుస్తోంది.
అంధులు ఈ కర్ర పట్టుకుని వెళుతున్న క్రమంలో ముందు ఏదైనా వస్తే వైబ్రేట్ అయ్యి.. హెచ్చరిస్తుందని చెబుతున్నాడీ కుర్రాడు.
అంధులను హెచ్చరించే 'వాకింగ్ స్టిక్' ఆవిష్కరించిన విద్యార్థి "అంధుల కోసం ఇది తయారు చేశాను. నా బంధువు ఒకరికి చూపు సరిగా ఉండదు. ఆయన్ను చూసే ఇలాంటి వారి కోసం ఏదైనా చేయాలనుకున్నాను. రోబోటిక్ తరగతులకు వెళ్లాను. ఆ తర్వాత ఈ స్టిక్ తయారు చేశాను. ఈ స్టిక్ ప్రత్యేకత ఏంటంటే.. ఇందులో అల్ట్రాసోనిక్ సెన్సార్లు ఉపయోగించా. ఇంకా బజర్, బ్యాటరీలు ఉంటాయి. నడిచేటప్పుడు ఏమైనా అడ్డు వస్తే.. అల్ట్రాసోనిక్ సెన్సార్ గుర్తిస్తుంది. వెంటనే ఇక్కడ ఏదో అడ్డు వచ్చింది... పక్కకు జరగమని సంకేతమిస్తుంది. ఇది చాలా ఉపయోగకరం. ఇందులో మూడు పరిధులు ఉన్నాయి. ఏదైనా వస్తువు మనకు బాగా దగ్గరగా ఉంటే.. ఇది అలా మోగుతూనే ఉంటుంది. కొంచెం దూరంలో ఉంటే విరామమిస్తూ మోగుతుంది. ఇదే బ్లైండ్ స్టిక్ ధర యూఎస్లో 800 డాలర్ల వరకు ఉంటుంది. ఈ స్టిక్ అయితే రూ.500 ఖర్చు అవుతుంది అంతే."
- ఇషాంత్, విద్యార్థి.
అంధులు రోడ్డుపై నడిచేప్పుడు ముందు వచ్చే వాహనాలు, ఇతర వస్తువులను గుర్తించలేక ఇబ్బందులు పడుతుంటారు. ఇలాంటి వారి ఇబ్బందులను గుర్తించిన బెంగళూరుకు చెందిన ఇశాంత్ అనే విద్యార్థి ప్రత్యేక ఊతకర్రను రూపొందించాడు.
ప్రస్తుతం బెంగళూరులో 107వ యూత్ సైన్స్ కాంగ్రెస్ జరుగుతోంది. ఈ కార్యక్రమంలో పలువురు విద్యార్థులు తమ ఆవిష్కరణలను ప్రదర్శిస్తున్నారు. అయితే.. ఇశాంత్ రూపొందించిన అంధుల ఊతకర్ర ప్రత్యేక ఆకర్షణగా నిలుస్తోంది.
అంధులు ఈ కర్ర పట్టుకుని వెళుతున్న క్రమంలో ముందు ఏదైనా వస్తే వైబ్రేట్ అయ్యి.. హెచ్చరిస్తుందని చెబుతున్నాడీ కుర్రాడు.
అంధులను హెచ్చరించే 'వాకింగ్ స్టిక్' ఆవిష్కరించిన విద్యార్థి "అంధుల కోసం ఇది తయారు చేశాను. నా బంధువు ఒకరికి చూపు సరిగా ఉండదు. ఆయన్ను చూసే ఇలాంటి వారి కోసం ఏదైనా చేయాలనుకున్నాను. రోబోటిక్ తరగతులకు వెళ్లాను. ఆ తర్వాత ఈ స్టిక్ తయారు చేశాను. ఈ స్టిక్ ప్రత్యేకత ఏంటంటే.. ఇందులో అల్ట్రాసోనిక్ సెన్సార్లు ఉపయోగించా. ఇంకా బజర్, బ్యాటరీలు ఉంటాయి. నడిచేటప్పుడు ఏమైనా అడ్డు వస్తే.. అల్ట్రాసోనిక్ సెన్సార్ గుర్తిస్తుంది. వెంటనే ఇక్కడ ఏదో అడ్డు వచ్చింది... పక్కకు జరగమని సంకేతమిస్తుంది. ఇది చాలా ఉపయోగకరం. ఇందులో మూడు పరిధులు ఉన్నాయి. ఏదైనా వస్తువు మనకు బాగా దగ్గరగా ఉంటే.. ఇది అలా మోగుతూనే ఉంటుంది. కొంచెం దూరంలో ఉంటే విరామమిస్తూ మోగుతుంది. ఇదే బ్లైండ్ స్టిక్ ధర యూఎస్లో 800 డాలర్ల వరకు ఉంటుంది. ఈ స్టిక్ అయితే రూ.500 ఖర్చు అవుతుంది అంతే."
- ఇషాంత్, విద్యార్థి.
USA CES UNVEILED
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Las Vegas - 5 January 2019
1. Various of Lovot robots made by Japanese Groove X
2. Various of a dog looking at Lovot robots
3. SOUNDBITE: (English), Kaname Hayashi, CEO of Groove X
"When you are coming back to the home, they are also welcoming to you at the entrance."
4. Close of Lovot robots
5. Various of robot charging
6. Various of Lovot robots
7. SOUNDBITE: (English), Nicole Scott, Editor of Mobilegeeks
"2020 might be the year where robots develop empathy. Or else, we believe the robots have empathy. The technology is getting so much better that when they enter in to our homes, they really feel like they belong."
8. Wide of CES unveiled
9. Close of sign
10. Various of Qoobo cat robots from Japanese Yukai Engineering
11. Various of MARS (Mobile Arm Robot System) from Industrial Technology Research Institute, lifting a small box
12. SOUNDBITE: (English), Werner Goertz, Senior Research Director, Gartner
"I think that over the next 12 to 18 months we are going to see many more robotic devices in addition to the some of the healthcare related devices that we have already seen. And especially as robotic devices proliferate and become better in quality, we will see new markets like eldercare, our home health care, be really interesting target markets for robotic devices."
13. Various of educational AI robot from US-based Roybi Robots
14. Wide of CES Unveiled
15. SOUNDBITE: (English), Gerrit Schneemann, Senior Analyst, IHS Markit
"I think there was a time over the last year or so where AI was kind of a buzzword and pretty much just tagged on to whatever you were doing anyway to turn it in to AI. And I think we have moved on beyond that and I think the potential is tremendous in all kinds of applications."
16. Various of Guirec Le Lous, CEO of Urgotech, using the Urgonight sleep trainer
17. SOUNDBITE: (English), Guirec Le Lous, CEO, Urgotech
"You put the headset on. And it is going to measure your brain activity. And your brain emits brainwaves that are clinically proven to be responsible for protecting your sleep during night. Those are the brainwave you want to train in order to sleep better. So you are going to do that during the day. It is a 20 minute training, you do it whenever you want. In the morning or evening. Whenever it is convenient for you."
18. Various of Tyler Rochwerg, digital marketing director for Neutrogena using the skin 360 app that analyses the skin and offers advice via an AI chatbot
19. SOUNDBITE (English), Tyler Rochwerg, Digital Marketing Director, Neutrogena
"So with the Skin 360 app, we have Naia, the Neutrogena AI assistant. Who gives you coaching tips and an eight week program to improve your skin's health."
20. Close of CES unveiled sign
21. Various of Lexilight light, from French company Lexilife. The company claims the light help people with dyslexia to read
22. Various of Moxie shower-head with speaker and Alexa assistant from US company Kohler
23. SOUNDBITE: (English), Werner Goertz, Senior Research Director, Gartner:
"I think the big companies are doing a lousy job at addressing and proactively discussing privacy issues. There is a lot of privacy concerns in the public domain and in public discourse. And what is really lacking is a proactive way of the big, on behalf of the big AI companies, like the Googles, the Apples, the Amazons of this world, to proactively deal with that."
24. Exterior of LAs Vegas exhibition grounds
25. Various of Las Vegas sign
LEADIN:
Emotional robots and artificial intelligence applications are the hot trends at this year's CES.
The technology show CES kicked off in Vegas Sunday with the Unveiled event, the place where smaller companies and startups get a chance to show their products before the electronic giants take over.
STORYLINE:
At the CES unveil event these little robots, called Lovots, are charming the crowd and the hundreds of gathered journalists.
They are here for the first time as a real product that is about to hit the market in Japan. Previous versions that have been shown have been prototypes.
The Lovot has a camera with facial recognition software, so when you walk into a room it knows who you are and that you are friends.
The updated Lovot can also learn how your home has been set up, for example where the front door is, so they can rush to it when you come home.
"When you are coming back to the home, they are also welcoming you at the entrance," says Kaname Hayashi, CEO of Groove X.
Robots that act as friends, or as pets, instead of just performing repetitive tasks are becoming increasingly mainstream.
Hayashi says the target audience is people that live in small apartments and can't keep pets. Or people that simply don't have time to feed a dog or a cat.
"2020 might be the year where robots develop empathy," says Nicole Scott, editor of Mobilegeeks technology news website.
"Or else, we believe the robots have empathy. The technology is getting so much better that when they enter into our homes, they really feel like they belong."
The battery life at one hour relatively short, but the Lovot come with their own charging station and will go there for a juice top-up on their own when needed.
The Lovot is at the higher end of the robot pet market.
It will set you back about 3000 US dollars, and they are currently only available in Japan.
Other robots at the Unveiled event include the Qoobo robotic cat pillow that reacts to stroking and the Mobile Arm Robot System from Industrial Technology Research Institute that can see objects it needs to move.
"I think that over the next 12 to 18 months we are going to see many more robotic devices in addition to the some of the healthcare related devices that we have already seen," says Werner Goertz, Senior Research Director for the research company Gartner
"And especially as robotic devices proliferate and become better in quality, we will see new markets like eldercare, our home health care be really interesting target markets for robotic devices."
Most robots now also come with some sort of Artificial Intelligence function, like the ability to answer questions and hold a basic conversation.
The Roybi Robots, available from 199 US dollars, have been developed for children and will ask them educational questions.
But AI can also be found in other devices, from voice assistants to smart city solutions like traffic management.
"I think there was a time over the last year or so where AI was kind of a buzzword and pretty much just tagged on to whatever you were doing anyway to turn it in to AI," says Gerrit Schneemann, Senior Analyst for IHS Markit, a market research company.
"And I think we have moved on beyond that and I think the potential is tremendous in all kinds of applications."
Another big trend at CES Unveiled is health related technology.
French company Urgotech is showing a solution to help people sleep.
The Urgonight sleep trainer measures brain activity and helps the user develop techniques to make brain waves that the company says will help the user sleep better.
The device connects to an app, and when it detects the correct brain activity, the user is rewarded on the app by winning points in a game.
The device is a prototype at this stage and the company is running a crowdfunding campaign where the Urgonight is available for 349 US dollars.
"Your brain emits brainwaves that are clinically proven to be responsible for protecting your sleep during night. Those are the brainwave you want to train in order to sleep better. So you are going to do that during the day," says Guirec Le Lous, CEO of Urgotech.
US skin and healthcare company Neutrogena is launching an updated AI skin care app.
The Skin 360 app scans the face and detects issues and advises on how skin health can be improved.
It also has an AI chatbot.
"So with the Skin 360 app, we have Naia, the Neutrogena AI assistant who gives you coaching tips and an eight week program to improve your skin's health," says Tyler Rochwerg, digital marketing director for Neutrogena.
French company Lexilife is showing the Lexilight for the first time.
The light can be turned to a flickering setting that the company says helps people with dyslexia read.
US company Kohler is showing a shower head that comes with a speaker and the Amazon Alexa voice assistant.
So now you can just ask your shower to play your favourite songs, and then even ask it to record you when you sing along.
But a smart speaker in the shower will probably raise some privacy concerns for a lot of people.
And Goertz is saying that companies have been too slow to address these types of concerns.
"I think the big companies are doing a lousy job at addressing and proactively discussing privacy issues. There is a lot of privacy concerns in the public domain and in public discourse. And what is really lacking is a proactive way of the big, on behalf of the big AI companies, like the Googles, the Apples, the Amazons, to proactively deal with that," he says.
CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, started Sunday (5th January 2020) in Las Vegas with two days of media previews.
The show floor opens Tuesday through Friday.
More than 170 000 people are expected to the annual show, held across a sprawling set of hotels and convention centres equivalent to more than 50 football fields.
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