Industrial
AI IOT Driven CNC Machine optimisation
AP029 »
Using an FPGA to improve the motion control of CNC machines under dynamic loading.
Food Related
Dregs Reloaded
AS021 »
Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness. But once discarded, its also the source of 8-10% of greenhouse gas emissions of our earth. According to the latest UNEP (United Nations Environment Program ) food waste index report, the true scale of food waste and the opportunities related to it, is largely untapped and under-exploited.
In US restaurants alone, about 33 billion pounds of food is wasted each year. If these discarded food is collected in an inhouse reservoir, it could be reused to power up via biogas and the produce manure to grow in-house vegetables.
The Dregs Reloaded project involves setting up two external reservoirs/tanks outside a restaurant/home/community
which is used to collect organic food waste. The tank includes a pulverizing and churning motor which is activated at regular intervals to accelerate the decomposing process. It also monitors and collects data related to temperature, biogas, food level etc.,
which could be analyzed making use of cloud storage and computing. The biogas generated from the tank could be used for cooking or heating. The decomposed food waste can be collected and used as fertilizer. With the help of dual reservoirs, when one gets filled and being decomposed, the other one
can be opened up/enabled for the next collection of food waste.
Most people favor steps to reduce climate impact related to human behavior. Projects like Dregs Reloaded provide a way for every human being to be part of the problem solving method for a sustainable green earth.
Smart City
Energy Waste Monitoring In The Home
AS022 »
Historical, realtime, and predictive measurement of the energy usage and waste within a home given acceptable ranges of temperature, lighting, etc. and correlating with the presence of, movement of, and absence of people and their respective needs for the environmental elements that draws power, uses resources, etc. From this, can determine the level of energy/resource efficiency of a given household. Can then be expanded to community, city, county, etc. scales.
Smart City
Energy efficient mixed-precision algorithm optimization for edge applications
AS024 »
Embedded intelligence applications must optimize the energy efficiency of their computational differentiation. IEEE-754 floating-point has been the workhorse for robust numerical computing, but is notoriously energy inefficient. Next-generation arithmetic solutions, such as posits and cfloats combined with user-defined rounding have demonstrated a 2-4x power benefit over IEEE-754. We have developed a mixed-precision algorithm design and optimization environment to deliver this technology to the marketplace in the form of custom applications and hardware accelerators. We'll use this platform for key SmartCity application such as collective intelligence and congestion optimization.
Smart City
Design
AP032 »
Cloud & azure
Smart City
FPGA BASED SMART TRAFFIC SYSTEM FOR SMART CITIES
AP033 »
Modern world having the issue to controlling the traffic at major cities for rapid increase in automobiles and also large time delays between traffic lights. So, in order to rectify this problem, we will go for different modes of traffic light control system. In this article, we have three modes i.e., Normal mode, Density mode, Emergency mode, IOT Mode.
Food Related
Smart and IoT Solutions for Agriculture and Farming
AP038 »
An automated & central system to maintain following Organic product qualifications set by EU Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 & COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 889/2008
1. Respects nature's systems and cycles and sustains and enhances the health of soil, water, plants and animals and the balance between them
2. Makes responsible use of energy and the natural resources, such as water, soil, organic matter and air
3. Aim at producing products of high quality
4. Aim at producing a wide variety of foods and other agricultural products that respond to consumers’ demand for goods produced by the use of processes that do not harm the environment, human health, plant health or animal health and welfare.
5. The maintenance and enhancement of soil life and natural soil fertility, soil stability and soil biodiversity preventing and combating soil compaction and soil erosion, and the nourishing of plants primarily through the soil ecosystem
6. The maintenance of plant health by preventative measures, such as the choice of appropriate species and varieties resistant to pests and diseases, appropriate crop rotations, mechanical and physical methods and the protection of natural enemies of pests
Smart City
Project
AP039 »
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Smart City
Smart City Traffic Analyzer
AS027 »
A small form factor device for analyzing vehicle and pedestrian traffic using a computer vision workload running on the DE-10 Nano with local sensor data provided by the Analog Device plug-in board. The computer vision workload will be delivered using Azure IoT Edge and allow for extrapolating analytics to the cloud.
Food Related
SmartCook
AP042 »
Cooking is a strenuous, complex, and tedious process. We often tend to keep something to cook and forget. And sometimes when just beginning to learn cooking we don't exactly know that which dish takes what time to cook. Whatever the case, these result in the charring of the food in simpler cases and kitchen fires in the more appalling ones. So why not make it more advanced and simple for the user by automating it? The project idea focuses on the development of a product that will act as a monitoring and alert system for cooking processes. Though there are many existing products like automatic rice cookers, microwave ovens, etc. But all of them are application-specific, bulky, and expensive. There are also hazards associated with many of them thus making the user skeptical about using them. Our product is an add-on plug-and-play device that you can use with any of your existing utensils, thus making it a cheaper, more user-friendly, and versatile option. The design of the clipper is one of its unique features which have been applied for a patent. The uniquely designed clipper will have an in-built microcontroller and various sensors to monitor the food item being cooked. Depending on the sensor data and factors like the quantity of the food item, type, etc. the device will ring a buzzer to alert the user and also send a notification on the Smartphone. This will make arduous and complex cooking procedures simple for beginners. The user needs to plug or attach the device to the utensil in which they are going to cook the food item by simply clipping it on the wall of the vessel. Then, the user can select the parameters of the dish he/she wishes to cook from an app on the Smartphone. Then the magic of Internet-of-things comes into play. The device is all set to accomplish its task and will alert the user whenever the food requires attention, whether it is stirring in the middle, reducing the flame, or turning the gas off as the dish is ready. It will prevent unnecessary wastage of food due to getting burnt, prevent unfortunate fires in the household, and lead to a more comfortable experience for the user. Controlling the flame and auto-turning off of the gas stove is also an added feature that can be utilized as a part of cooking automation also allowing to remotely controlling the device. This device makes use of modern-day advanced technologies like the internet of things, automation, and furthermore like machine learning to make it more adaptable. The best part about the device as a solution to this frequent problem is not just its cost-effectiveness and simplicity of use, but sustainability and eco-friendliness. The device is powered by a small battery and does not consume a lot of power. It can further be made completely eco-friendly by removing the battery and using technology to draw power from the ambient heat around the stove which essentially gets wasted, enabling the use of a wasted energy form. It will be a great everyday product with all the households as target customers due to its price and ease of use.
Food Related
Soil Monitoring and Irrigation Control System Using Internet of Things
EM013 »
This project recommends Internet of Things based sensors network for cultivation use. This Sensor System Consist of sensor to detect wateriness of sand, sensor to detect temperature of soil, and ph. sensor for soil. This all sensor connected to each other FPGA kit that will be communicate with Azure cloud . After uploaded to Azure IoT, The agriculturist can access all the
data on his mobile phone and tablet. This system also
controls water necessity and fertilizer necessity for these
sensor data for different type of crop in different time of
year. The saved data of sensors can be further inspected and
used for future uses. This IoT based methodology provides
atomized irrigation and fertilizer usage in actual time to
farmer which is very useful.
Smart City
Solar Follower
AS028 »
A sensor based solar farm that can be installed on top of a house.