innovation catalogue
| 'An Indigenous Soap' - (Originating where it is found) |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
An indigenous soap made of milk, honey, local medicinal plant leaves & herbs. |
| It has several health benefits. |
| Advanced toothbrush with toothpaste dispenser |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
The advanced toothbrush is provided with a toothpaste dispenser built into the handle. In this novel concept toothpaste is supplied to the bristles with the help of a piston that forces the paste to the bristles. An Indian Patent (No. 211188) has been granted for the innovation and the project has also been supported under MVIF. The innovator has registered his unit in the name of A N Shukla & Co. The innovator has also sold more than 200 brushes till date. |
| Beauty Care Umbrella |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
A durable, stain free, water proof umbrella produced from muga silk, having a pleasing golden shine which illuminates skin colour and provides protection from UV radiations up to 80 % (laboratory approved) against 40% offered by conventional umbrellas. An Indian Patent has been awarded to the Innovation. |
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| Blind Man Stick |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
This innovation makes life easy for the visually challenged person by alerting them, if they are stepping on water or into a pit, through a sensor based voice recorded system. If the blind person is going through a crowd, the person can press the toggle switch and a voice alert will be given to public with “EXCUSE ME SIDE PLEASE". For hearing impaired person, a vibration system can be provided with the same system. An Indian Patent has been filed for the Innovation. The project has been supported under MVIF. The product is being manufactured and marketed under the banner of WAZ Technologies. |
Featured by The Hindu, Deccan Herald etc, |
| Boiled Tea Making Machine for Customized Taste |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
It is a cost effective, semi automated and programmable tea making machine, which makes tea hygienically in a manner that preserves the original flavour and using the original ingredients like liquid milk etc. An Indian Patent has been filed for the Innovation. The Project has been supported under MVIF. |
| http://www.nifindia.org/video/ashok.mpg |
| Clear Banana Alkali |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
Khar is basically an alkaline filtrate of ash obtained from burning the dried fiber of a plantain (banana) tree - 'Bheem Kol' (Musa Balbisiana). This water is called 'Khar' and is used in cooking delicious food dishes. |
| The pH of the alkali is between 13.5 - 14. |
| Multi Purpose Cooking Vessel |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
The innovation is a vessel that is provided with a groove or a cavity at the lower part of the vessel to keep the sieve plates. A drain pipe is provided at the bottom to drain out the water from the vessel. The sieve at the bottom divides the boiled rice and the water and once the rice gets boiled, the water is drained by gravity by opening of the tap. The innovator also introduced another option to cook ‘sambhar’ in the same vessel by making a partition in the vessel. With this one can cook rice and sambhar at same time. It takes about 40 to 45 minutes to boil custom tasted potted rice and sambhar. Basically the rice cooked through pressure cooker is not advisable for the sugar patients as it consist of glucose in it. |
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| Efficientely drains off starch water. |
| Natural Water Cooler |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
Low cost, energy efficient, environment friendly water cooler, which cools water naturally based on principle of heat exchange. The cooling process does not require external power source for operation. The technology has tremendous potential in dry and hot climatic conditions (i.e. tropical) where electricity is not available. An Indian patent no. (199939) has been granted to this innovation. The project has also been supported under MVIF. |
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| No external power is required for cooling. Reduction by 5'C below ambient temperature |
| Pressure Cooker Coffee Maker |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
Cooker has been modified with simple attachment of copper pipe along with pressure releasing valve in the lid. Water is heated for formulating steam over stove, once the steam is formed with sufficient pressure, it is released using the one way valve through the copper pipe and collected in jar containing mixture of coffee powder, milk and sugar. After allowing sufficient steam into the jar, one can enjoy the coffee. |
| It avoids maintenance of bulky and costly existing machine. |
| Washing Cum Exercise Machine |
| Technology Category: Consumer durables |
The innovation is a mechanical, semi-automate, pedal operated washing machine for clothes, which works on the principle of tumbling effect. The device comprises a cuboid shaped encasement, which rotates through a shaft integrated to pedals with a seating arrangement for the user. The operation facilitates physical exercise for the user. An Indian Patent no. (207634) has been granted to this innovation. |


