It is wonderful to read about the various creative ideas of
children who are being recognised through the IGNITE 2013
awards. Let me just focus on the five winners who are studying
in Class 8 or below. Shibajyoti Choudhury and Rajashree
Choudhary of Jabalpur suggest developing a puncturing device
at the bottom of a plastic water bottle, similar to the ones used
to open a soft-drink can, to prevent re-use of the bottle. Kulsoom
Rizavi and Tarun Anand from Uttar Pradesh suggest making a
chair alarm that would go off if the sitter’s posture were wrong.
Masirabi Hanif Patel of Jalgaon dreams of a two-wheeler rider
wearing a jacket which will be connected to a small airconditioning
unit operated by the two-wheeler’s engine—riding
in summer will certainly be a cool experience with such a jacket.
Md. Usman Hanif Patel, Pavithra, Vidya Ramesh and Nidhi
Kumari Gupta, have contributed ideas to the development of a
hand cart steering mechanism. The cart puller has to lift the
cart in order to turn it. With a steering mechanism attached to
one of the rear wheels, the effort needed to turn the cart is
minimised. Soumya Ranjan Behera of Jagatshinghpur in Odisha
wants an alarm that would indicate the onset of convulsions or
seizures.
