Coming up with a breakthrough innovation, a bunch of mathematical innovation students from Delhi University’s Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC) made a 3D printer, which costs nearly one-tenth of the market price. Priced in the market at nearly Rs3 lakh, these students said that the sale price of the machine would be Rs25,000.
Under the mentorship of Prof D Dasgupta, four students developed the 3D printer based entirely on open sources. Tarun Khajoria, fourth-year student at CIC, said that Dasgupta first prepared a prototype which the team worked on before making the final device. “Sir had created the first prototype which we worked on in the finishing stages. We studied it well and even found more additions from open sources. Then we made a new 3D printer. We produced this in Rs35,000 but if we mass produce it, the cost should be around Rs25,000. The ones in the market are forRs3 lakh-Rs5 lakh,” said Tarun.
However, Tarun added that this device may not be fully accurate. “It is definitely as precise as the ones in the market, but what this device can be useful in is academia. People can use this in laboratories and academic institutions because so far they couldn’t afford the ones in the market,” he explained.
Meanwhile at Antardhvani, the Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC) gave out smart canes and smartphones (with separate keyboards attached through Bluetooth) to about 20 visually impaired kids. “The EOC linked DU’s visually impaired kids with a Central Government scheme, which has helped them provide all of this. From the forthcoming academic year, every student taking admission will get these along with pre-loaded course material at the time of starting college. Smart canes are white canes that can ‘sense’ obstacles and alert the user by vibrating,” said an official from EOC.