Auto Watering Device for Plants
INTRODUCTION:
Two
Indian Teens namely Pratyush Bansal and Aekas Singh Gulati, who are students of
class 8 in Global Indian International School (GIIS) in Singapore.
They
went to their hometown for vacations with their parents to live with their grandparents
in India. But, When they came back they saw something which made them felt sad.
The
Plants in their garden which they loved so much died due to lack of water as no
one was home to give them water.
After
this had happened a few more time, they decided to design an automatic watering
system for plants.
It
happens to lots of other people who went to travel in some place and when they
came back they see died plants
While
talking to the Popular Blog The Better India Pratysuh said, “Our innovation
is designed for garden plants for now, especially for families who travel
overseas and are worried that their garden plants for now, especially for
families who travel overseas and are worried that their garden plants would die
in their absence. It works on a pumping technique using a motor. Almost 80% of
the device is made from reusable and recyclable materials while the other 20%
involves hardware like a motor and a circuit board.”
Aekes
and Pratyush may have different dreams but their love for coding and software
development made them learn to complicate coding language to the design the programme
of the self-watering system innovation.
CONSTRUCTION:
The
system requires a hygrometer, an instrument to measure humidity in the air, a circuit
board, a motor, and other hardware.
HOW
does IT work?
The
hygrometer which is connected to the circuit board is placed inside the soil,
and once it detects dryness, it sends a signal to the circuit board. The board
is connected to a motor placed inside a water tank. Following detection, the circuit
board runs the motor, which pumps the water from the water tank into the dry
soil through a pipe.
Once
the soil is sufficiently moist, another signal goes to the circuit board, which
then stops the motor and in turn the pumping.
Whenever
hygrometer detects less than required moisture in the soil it sends a signal to
the motor.
RECOGNITIONS:
Paratyush
and Aekes were invited to showcase the model at the Young Innovators Programme
at IIT Kharagpur.
While
talking with The Asian Age Aekas said, “We are now trying to add a Wi-Fi
enabled circuit to it with GSM module which will automatically link our mobile
phones to the device, and we can monitor the watering of our plants using an
app.”
Their
success in this tender age is clearly an indication of what they are capable in
the future.
Tags: IIT Kharagpur, GSM module, Pratyush bansal, Aekas Singh Gulati, Global Indian International School, Gardening Innovations
