All around Maya there was a jargonised world where virtual reality and augmented reality ruled the roost suggesting solutions around which many could not even get their head around.
But Maya had simple problems in her day-to-day life for which she sought equally simple but innovative solutions. Maya was the lead woman in a five-minute-long animation screened at the stall of the Kalamassery-based Maker Village at the Experience Pavilion set up on the sidelines of global digital summit #FUTURE here. The animation, narrated as a day in Maya’s life, sought to showcase innovative solutions developed by start-ups being incubated at Maker Village to everyday problems encountered by ordinary citizens. The animation depicts the problems faced by Maya during the day and their technology solutions which were displayed at the stall.
“We want to send across the message that innovation and application of technology need not be about finding solutions to problems in Silicon Valley or in some faraway land,” Prasad Balakrishnan Nair, CEO, Maker Village, told The Hindu . So, Maya is seen waking up in the morning to the alert of an automated device even as the blinds in her room roll up, and the door unlocks automatically thanks to automated home solutions.
Then she takes a cup of milk, the quality of which is ensured by a cow health disease solution. “The solution is in the developing stage and should be most beneficial to dairy farms with a large number of cows,” said Mr. Nair. Maya then wears a new dress, which was delivered in a day thanks to smart 3D scan measurement. The start-up working on it is eyeing companies needing inch perfect uniforms in bulk.
She then orders for an app-driven bicycle and stops to have Neera tapped, processed and served through a kiosk, all with the help of a technology solution.
Mr. Nair said that the automated Neera harvesting system was one of the most promising initiatives which could rejuvenate the coconut industry per se. “This automated device could be a solution to the shortage of tapping workers, while it could bring the tapped Neera from hundreds of coconut trees down to a centralised spot and process it,” he added.
The animation further showcases more technologically innovative products like asset tracking solutions, drone for underwater inspection and survey, robotics for health, and even automatic roti makers during the course of the narration.
