By TEAM , I mean : Technology Evaluation and Acquisition Minister
Whose job description will be :
Remain constantly on look-out for developing / developed
technologies from around the World , evaluate their relevance to India’s myriad
problems and acquire the same from the developers ( including patent rights /
IP rights , to exploit it / improve upon it )
Make
available these acquired technologies to Indian Companies ( both , in private
and in public sectors ) / NGOs / Start-Ups etc , FREE of cost ( conditions apply in respect of production targets /
pricing / time to implement / after-sales service etc ! )
Following are some such technologies :
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Problems : Unavailability of clean
drinking water in
drought / famine affected areas
: Pollution thru Plastic Bottles
/ Mountains
of Land Fills – Garbage Dumps
Tech from : Prof Omar
Yaghi ( Uni of California ) /
Skipping Rock Labs ( UK )
Details at :
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Problem : Loss of Forest cover /
Rampant
Desertification
Tech from : Zhong Zhihua, Chinese Scientist
(Chongqing Jiaotong University ).
Details at :
Problem : Millions sleeping in Streets /
Slums, for
want of affordable houses
Tech from : Chris Kelsey ( Cazza ) / WinSun (
China ) / Formwerkz ( Singapore )
Details at :
Problem : Traffic Jams on City Roads /
Hours to reach Office-Home
Tech from : Electric Front
Wheel for Bicycle from Geo-Orbital ( Cambridge – USA )
Details at :
Problem : Charging of Batteries of
Electric Vehicles takes hours !
Tech from : Flash Battery
Charger from Stores-Dot ( Israel )
Details at :
Problem : No transmission lines for
taking electricity to far-flung villages
Tech from : Bicycle
Generated Power from Manoj Bhargava ( BillionsinChange )
Details at :
Problem : No way to store ( for use at night ), billions of KWH of
Solar Power
Tech from : PowerPack
Batteries from Elon Musk ( TESLA )
Details at :
Problem : Fossil Fuel Power killing millions / Urgent need to
generate Solar Power
Tech from : All
over the World
Details at :
Problem : Dependence on import for Li-ion
batteries /
Fast charging button batteries
Tech from :
# Venkataraman Thangadurai and colleagues ( University of
Calgary / Canada )
Thangadurai says :
“ The technology we have developed would enable absolutely
stable, robust, safe, high-powered, all solid state lithium batteries for
future energy storage , which have many potential applications , including charging
of electric vehicles “
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# And then there is Israeli firm Stores-Dot , which claims to be developing a car
battery that can be charged in 5 minutes and give a range of 300
miles !
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# A research group at the University of
California (UCR), Riverside’s
Bourns College of Engineering has developed nano silicon anodes for
high-performance lithium-ion batteries, by simply using a low-cost chemical
process and waste glass
bottles.
The batteries will not only extend the range of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
and electric vehicles,
but also provide extra power with fewer charges to laptops, cell phones, and
similar personal electronics.
Problem : High value currency notes
facilitating generation of BLACK MONEY
Tech from : RFID technology from Sanjay Sarma ( MIT )
Details at :
Tech from : TERAHERTZ Camera developed by Ramesh
Raskar ( MIT )
Details at :
Tech from : Birmingham City University ( Internet of Clothes )
Details at :
Problem : Making available high speed Internet to entire India (
remotest corner )
Tech from : GoogleLoons ( from Google ) / Drones ( from Facebook )
Problem : Poor road construction
methods resulting in perennial pot-holes
Tech from : Cold Asphalt
technology from COLAS ( France )
Details at :
21 April
2017
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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