11 Brilliant Inventions By Engineers That Can Solve A World Of Problems

The world may make fun of engineers but they have brilliant minds that find unique solutions to widespread problems. Today, we will look at 11 examples where engineers showed everyone that they were above the trolls.

1. Engineer solves Ladakh’s water problem

Chewang Norphel worked as a civil engineer with the Jammu and Kashmir Rural Development Department. His breakthrough came when he designed the first artificial glacier in Leh. His invention solved the region’s water crisis faced by farmers. His invention led to the creation of 17 artificial glaciers across Ladakh and earned him the title, “The Ice Man of India”.

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2. Engineering friends attach a giant gun to friend’s arm bone after he lost his arm

A bunch of Hackerloop Collective engineers modified a Nerf blaster into a playtime prosthetic for their friend who lost his arm. The prosthetic works like an actual gun arm which fires up whenever he contracts his forearm muscles.

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3. Engineering students use recycled debris to make building blocks

A team from Kongu Engineering College, Erode, in Tamil Nadu recently won an award in the Carbon Zero Challenge competition organised by IIT Madras for creating building blocks from concrete debris. They said that the debris can be recycled into construction material like hollow or paver blocks which are stronger and more durable than conventional bricks and concrete blocks.

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4. Mechanical engineers design a helmet with an AC to beat the heat

Three mechanical engineers – Kausthub Kaundinya, Sreekanth Kommula and Anand Kumar – designed an industrial AC helmet and are now working on designing an AC biker helmet to help bikers beat the heat in summers.

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5. Engineering students build a GPS-enabled helmet

Two engineering students in Karnataka Kalaburagi district have created a ‘Bluetooth-enabled route guiding helmet’. The unique features of this helmet include an inbuilt Bluetooth speaker, charging port, battery life of six hours, and a cooling sheet in the front which is better for night vision.

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6. An ITI student makes miniature models of toy trains

In a bid to popularise toy trains around the world, 24-year-old ITI student, Anurag Lakandry, created miniature models of the famous Darjeeling Toy Train. Anurag is now getting orders from London, Singapore, Russia and several other places.

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7. Youth designs robot with emotional intelligence

Coimbatore-based startup Vishnu Engineering has made a prototype for a robot with emotional intelligence. It was the brainchild of mechanical engineer Vijay V Shah. His five-year-old startup is trying to get robots deployed more regularly in concierge services.

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8. Students develop green billboard that purifies air

Dhruv Suri, an aeronautical engineering student developed a green board – a billboard that purifies the air. He was part of the team with two other students, Rahil Nayak and Priyanshi Somani, who won the Manipal Innovation Challenge. The team will now receive funds to develop a working prototype.

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9. Engineer turns waste plastic into fuel

Satish Kumar, a mechanical engineer from Hyderabad, used end-life plastic to recycle and turn it into synthetic fuels. Nearly 500 kg of non-recyclable plastic can produce 400 litres of fuel. Kumar said he was working on a three-step reverse engineering system where the plastics can be indirectly heated in vacuum conditions, depolymerised, gasified and condensed.

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10. Students are building a Hyperloop-like travelpod prototype

A group of students from BITS Pilani are planning to build a travel “pod” that will reach 1,200 km/hour within a vacuum tube. They were inspired by the ground-breaking “Hyperloop” travel idea of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.

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11. Engineering student invents ‘Power Aid’ that can charge mobiles while riding bikes

Amam Arun, a Chennai-based engineer-cum-entrepreneur, has built a ‘Powerade’ that bikers can use to charge mobiles while riding. The invention, meant for motorcycles and mopeds, works on a reserve potential energy from ignition that transfers the power to a mobile phone.

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These inventions prove how unique engineers are in their thinking. Hats off to you guys!