WINSPIRE EMPOWERING YOUTH Issue 5 Volume 3 | Page 11

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 .
S Pranav
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 .
S Gayatri
Madhur Gupta Chandigarh , Punjab
WINSPIRE : Empowering youth | February , 2017