Chennai:
As law enforcement agencies are battling on how to implement the helmet rule strictly, a group of students lead by their project trainer had come out with a innovative idea of how people riding bikes would have to compulsorily wear a helmet.
“We have devised a new technology where the bike would start only if the rider wears his helmet,” says Pooja, a 10th standard student of Kaligi Ranganathan Montford Matric Higher Secondary School in Perambur.
Interestingly, Pooja along with Jayakumar and Srinath, both 11th standard students, worked on the project for more than a month under their project trainer Nirmal Kumar.
It was an idea that materialised during InoVIT, a science contest for school children organised by VIT university. The students got the idea from The SKULLY AR-1, the first helmet to feature a built-in 180 degree Blindspot Camera and Heads-Up Display for unparalleled situational awareness and safety.
“We thought why not develop one for Indian bike users,” said Srinath and Jayakumar.
Kumar says that the helmet uses radio frequency communication where a transmitter is placed on the helmet and the receiver is placed in the bike which is connected to the control unit so that without wearing the helmet with the bike turned on, the engine will not get ignited.
Interestingly, the students have also developed auto dim dip in bike which helps drivers to have controlled driving in highways where the driver is not disturbed by the opposite vehicle coming with high beam lights.
”We have used a light sensor which senses the light from the opposite vehicle and not from street light. The bike headlight goes dim until the opposite vehicle passes the bike,” said Kumar.
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