Smart City
After I got decent appreciation for both Home Automation and Irrigation project I got another idea for which the street lights in my village was my motivation.
Motivation and Idea - Since I stay in
a village where each street has
around 4-5 lights. The control for
all these lights was at a single
point and this was monitored by a
dedicated person. Though the concept
of street light automation already
exists they had a drawback when it
comes to a defect in the lights.
I
thought the existing systems required
an upgrade and I started working on
this concept. Finally I came up with
an idea which enabled the local
authorities to track the status of
all street lights in real time and
also control the status of these
lights. In case of power failure the
proposed system waits for the power
to come back and will resume
operation which is a unique
methodology introduced. Unfortunately
I had to stop this project with just
the implementation of a prototype(by
using LEDs instead of street lamps)
as I did not get the required
support.
There was a very proud incident that
happened during last week of May 2019
when the
results for Google Science
Fair were declared. A 15 year old
Indian had topped the regionals for
his work on Street Light Automation.
This work was similar to the work
that I had proposed. This news made
me both happy and unhappy.
Happy
because a fellow Indian got
recognition and also that this work
is recognisable.
Unhappy because my
hard research work did not get any
recognition and instead somebody else
got.
Abstract - In this era of advancing technology, street lights are the most commonly needed requirement mainly for a common man to commute. Street lights provide safety while a person is walking on the road. While they help a person to safely reach the destination the lights will be ON without any use when there are nobody walking and can be turned OFF in a smart way when there are nobody using it. This can be done with the help of advanced sensors to effectively determine if the light should be ON or not. This project discusses an efficient and cost-effective way to detect any unusual or strange behavior and an acknowledgment will be sent to the governing body to take the required action.
NOTE: Since this is my hard research work from 4 months I have got this work copyright registered under my name and hence I will not be able to discuss more about this project freely. If you find this interesting and if you would like to contribute more then I request you please contact me so that we can take it further to the next step.
Thank you.
Bharath.
