Sastra University student builds lightest FEMTO satellite for NASA launch
A Mechatronics Engineering student S Riyasdeen of SASTRA Deemed University has won the cubes in space global design competition for space launch in NASA rocket and scientific balloon. The student is in 2nd year.
His 37mm sized FEMTO satellite VISIO SAT v1 &v2 with a payload of 30mm weighing 33 gms make it the world's lightest FEMTO satellite. Femto satellites are satellites with a mass less than 100 grams. These new categories of satellites are, by concept, low cost devices if they are based on Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) components
Using polyetherimide thermoplastic resins and 3D printing technology, Riyasdeen won this global competition conducted by NASA in which around 1,000 students from 73 countries participated.
He was mentored by INRO Labs, Chennai, his satellites are designed to record around 17 parameters with 11 sensors and VISION Sat v1 shall be part of the SR-7 NASA Rocket Mission expected to be launched from the Wallops Flight facility, USA in June 2021 and Sat v2 shall be part of the NASA Balloon Mission RB-6 scheduled for launch in August 2020.
The SASTRA-TBI in 3D Printing & IOT will offer an incubation grant of Rs 5 lakh to Riyasdeen to further pursue his ambition of establishing a successful start-up.
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Hyderabad startup from T-HUB has built the world’s first IoT-based contactless, wireless thermal scanner to detect coronavirus symptoms.
BlueSemi NEEM which can be integrated into any healthcare platform or AI-based crowd detection platform. Its new-age wireless technology will minimise the exposure of healthcare workers to the infection while providing useful information at record speed. The device can also help the government to study the state of health of the population, and, specifically, of the people who are prone to spreading the virus or are affected most by it. Also, the technology requires no interaction on the patient’s/attendant’s part after the initial set up.
Project Neem is a zero-contact thermal sensor to measure body temperature that will act as the first measure of safety for individuals against direct exposure to contagious diseases.
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