Dear Shri
Narendrabhai,
Behind announcement of DEMONETIZATION a few years ago,
one of the objectives was elimination / reduction of BLACK MONEY
This objective was met only partially
But being a tenacious person, I am sure, you are unlikely to give up .
Your “ Honesty of Purpose “has never been in doubt !
You have often said :
" I like to experiment and take bold, out-of-the-box decisions "
Here is one decision that the generations of Indians to come,
will remain grateful for !
With regards,
Hemen parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 11
June 2021
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Nearly 5 years ago , I reported about “ Smart Clothes “
in my following blog :
Help ! please , rescue
me ! …………………..[ 08 Aug 2016 ]
Extract :
Researchers from Birmingham City University plan to create an
" Internet of Clothes " that tags garments using washable contactless
technology , known as Radio Frequency
Identification ( RFID )
HOW
IT WORKS
Step #
1 : Users will receive a tweet and message every day from the
clothing asking to be worn
Step #
2 : Forgotten items in the wardrobe will text owners to remind them
they are gathering dust
Step #
3 : If the notifications are ignored by the user, the garments will get
in touch with a clothing charity
Report
in newspaper " Business Line " adds :
Ø
" Think of the surprise when an owner
suddenly receives bids for items they did not know were in their wardrobe
"
Ø
But , on the other hand embedding RFID sensors into high
denomination currency notes would need,
No discussions ( since, no political
party would want to appear to be protecting the black money ! )
>
No passing of any Bill in the Parliament
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Nothing further was heard about progress on this
innovation, till yesterday
when I came across following article :
Forget Wearables: Future Washable Smart Clothes Powered By Wi-Fi
Will Monitor Your Health
Extract :
Ø Purdue University
engineers have developed a method to transform existing cloth items into battery-free wearables resistant
to laundry. These smart clothes are powered wirelessly through a flexible, silk-based coil sewn
on the textile.
Ø In the near future, all
your clothes will become smart. These smart cloths will outperform conventional
passive garments, thanks to their miniaturized electronic circuits and sensors, which will allow
you to seamlessly communicate with your phone, computer, car and
other machines. This smart clothing will not only make you more productive but
also check on your health
status and even call for
help if you suffer an accident.
Ø Purdue engineers
have developed a new spray/sewing method to transform any conventional cloth items into battery-free
wearables that can be cleaned in the washing machine.
Ø Unlike common
wearables, the Purdue smart clothes do not require batteries for powering. By
simply harvesting
energy from Wi-Fi or radio waves in the environment, the clothes are capable of powering the
circuitry sewn on the textile.
Ø “I envision smart
clothes will be able to transmit information about the posture and motion of the wearer to
mobile apps, allowing machines to understand human intent without the need of
other interfaces, expanding the way we communicate, interact with devices, and
play video games.”
Ø The innovations are
patent pending. For information on licensing a Purdue innovation, contact the
Office of Technology Commercialization at otcip@prf.org.
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MY TAKE :
For past few years, I have been advocating embedding RFID sensors in high denomination currency notes
Idea is to enable such notes to communicate to Income
Tax department Central MONEY – TRACKING server / software, through any nearby Mobile Phone
If implemented, this could drastically reduce the
menace of BLACK MONEY
Till now providing power to those RFID sensors (
without also embedding a miniscule battery in each note ) is a problem
May be Purdue team’s innovation can overcome this limitation
It is certainly easier to print millions of
high-denomination notes on high capacity printing presses than embed all of
these tech devices in clothes !
RELATED READINGS :
NETWORK
OF CURRENCY NOTES ? ……………………………..[ 03 Nov 2015 ]