BCSIR Science Fair
<i>Walking generates electricity </i>
The everyday habit of walking can help solve the country's electricity crisis.
While many may consider it an impossible feat, three young students yesterday showed how this kinetic energy could be harnessed from the human body.
“We were inspired by the London Olympics, which used a type of electric floor tile (piezoelectric sheet) to collect and convert kinetic energy to electricity,†said Abdur Rahman, a class X student of Government Laboratory High School.
Their project, “Providing Electricity by Walkingâ€, was presented at the inaugural of a three-day Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) Science Fair at the BCSIR in the capital.
Open from 10:00am to 8:00pm, the fair brought together young science enthusiasts from 46 schools, colleges and science clubs and self-educated inventors and research organisations.
These inventors showcased their many pioneering and ingenious science projects which would assist the country's development process.
One eye-catching project by a group of students provides a simple, practical way to ensure safer public transportation systems.
It consists of a wireless alarm system with a button attached under the seat. When faced by insecurity or a threat, passengers can press the button, which then immediately alerts the authorities concerned.
Other projects show ways to ensure lesser road accidents and create low cost and environment friendly natural pesticides.
“Bangladesh has been identified as one of the top 30 countries with immense IT development prospects and these children will play a significant role in actualising this ambition in the future,†stated State Minister for Science and Technology Yeafesh Osman.
The ministry Additional Secretary Dr AKM Asaduzzaman and BCSIR Chairman Prof Dr Ahmad Ismail Mostofa also spoke at the inaugural.
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