Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Ideas are “ Dime - a – dozen “




It is said :  On internet, ideas are “ Dime - a – dozen “


In my case, ideas are absolutely FREE – to search & find / develop into a working prototype / even convert into a patent


That is what a team of researchers from PENN STATE UNIVERSITY seem to have done



Who are these researchers ?

Ø  Saptarshi Das, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics.

Ø  Darsith Jayachandran, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics,

Ø  Aaryan Oberoi, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics.

Ø  Amritanand Sebastian, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics

Ø  Tanushree H. Choudhury, assistant research professor,

Ø  Joan M. Redwing, professor of materials science and engineering

Ø  Balakrishnan Shankar, associate dean for the School of Engineering [ Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham ]



Which of your idea have they converted into a patent ?

Swarm-O-Drone  =  A Drone with built –in “ Swarm Algorithm “ for collision avoidance




When / where did you publish ?

A Swarm-O-Drone is born ………………………………………………………………..[ 16 Nov 2017 ]



How did you describe this idea ?

Ø  Look out for this headline in Media within 2 / 3 years , by which time , millions of drones would be flying overhead

Ø  Drones flying over city buildings and over distant deserts / jungles / rivers / mountains / in-accessible places

Ø  How can we ensure that , in such a “ free for all “ scenario, drones do not keep colliding with each other ?

Ø  But how come, birds never (or rarely ) collide, without communicating with each other ?

Ø  A software which enables birds to “ communicate their intentions “ to each other , without internet

Ø  This software must be ensuring that there is no collision despite the entire swarm rapidly changing the “ flying parameters “ in unison

Ø   Only thing that can work is to ban any drone that does not have embedded into it , the Swarm Algorithm ( copy the nature ) , described above




How do PENN STATE researchers describe their invention ?

Following news report, describes it as :

 Locust Swarm Could Improve Collision Avoidance …………………[ Aug 25, 2020 ]



Ø  Now a team of engineers is creating a low-power collision detector that mimics the locust avoidance response and could help robots, drones and even self-driving cars avoid collisions.

Ø  The researchers developed a compact, nanoscale collision detector using monolayer molybdenum sulfide as a photodetector

Ø  They report in today’s (Aug. 24) issue of Nature Electronics that this “is a leap forward towards the development of smart, low-cost, task-specific, energy efficient and miniaturized collision-avoidance systems.”

Ø  The researchers’ collision detector responds in two seconds

Ø  “While locusts can only avoid collisions with other locusts, our device can detect potential collisions of a variety of objects at varying speeds,” said Das.

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RELATED REFERENCES :

Locust swarm could improve collision avoidance …………………………..[ 26 Aug 2020 ]




Drone – a – Charya   ………………………………………………………………………..[ 02 Sept 2018 ]


Flock Dynamics   ………………………………………………………………………………..[ 04 Sept 2018 ]


Drones Need Mid-Air Re-fueling   ……………………………………………………..[ 06 Sept 2018 ]


Locusts are invading !   ……………………………………………………………………..[ 24 May 2020 ]


Once Upon a Time   ……………………………………………………………………………[ 08 June 2020 ]


The Drones are Flying !   …………………………………………………………………..[ 18 Aug 2020 ]


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Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  26  Aug  2020







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