Argus Mothaitheoir Cáilíochta Uisce le Harpreet Singh Sareen

Tha Argus Mothaitheoir Cáilíochta Uisce le Harpreet Singh Sareen na bhuannaiche air leth urramach anns an fharpais chliùitich 2021 Duais Airgid A' Design Award ann an Roinn Farpais Dealbhadh Saibearnatigs, Buill-bhodhaig Fhuadain agus Ion-chuir.

AirgeadSaibearnatigs· 2021

Argus Mothaitheoir Cáilíochta Uisce

le Harpreet Singh Sareen

Neach-ceannach: Parsons School of Design

Buannaiche Duais Airgid A' Design Award ann an Roinn Saibearnatigs

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An Dealbhadh

Mu dheidhinn Argus Mothaitheoir Cáilíochta Uisce

Is córas monatóireachta ar cháilíocht uisce é Argus atá bunaithe ar phlanda beo. Instealltar nanamhothaitheoirí isteach sna duilleoga, áit a bhfanann siad laistigh den spás idircheallach. Táirgeann na mothaitheoirí lonrú infheicthe de thonnfhad solais ar leith. Nuair a shroicheann luaidhe ón uisce máguaird na duilleoga, laghdaítear an lonrú, rud a léiríonn go bhfuil eisíontais san uisce. Déanann an planda uisce a shampláil go leanúnach agus ní theastaíonn aon leictreachas uaidh. Feictear toradh laistigh d'idir cúig nóiméad déag agus dhá uair an chloig, atá níos tapúla ná tástáil saotharlainne.

An Aithneachadh

Mu dheidhinn Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Tha Argus Mothaitheoir Cáilíochta Uisce air Duais Airgid A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean den chiad ìre, àlainn agus drùidhteach. Tha buannaichean Airgid nan obraichean anabarrach boillsgeach agus gu math cruthachail a nochdas sàr-eòlas, tàlant agus geurchuis an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Argus Mothaitheoir Cáilíochta Uisce na obair mhìorbhaileach, na sàr-eisimpleir a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus gu domhainn ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Airgid A' Design Award na innleachd glè fhaicsinneach, ion-mholta a bhrosnaicheas crìochan ealain, saidheans, dealbhaidh agus teicneolais. Tha Argus Mothaitheoir Cáilíochta Uisce na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran eud, a dhùisgeas miannan, a bheir faireachdainnean math agus a thogas iongnadh is miorbhail.

Air Cùl an Dealbhaidh

Pasgan Naidheachd

Creideasan, buill sgioba agus fiosrachadh teicnigeach a chuir an dealbhaiche ri chèile.

Feartan Sònraichte: Argus is a living plant that continuously monitors water for heavy metal impurities, with nanosensors inside its leaves. These sensors, of the order 2nm, are injected inside the leaves and stay within the intercellular space. A living plant continuously samples water in the environment and any impurities that come along with it. Such method of detecting heavy metal toxicity is real time, showing a visible output within 15mins to 2 hours, in contrast to current lab methods.
Tomhasan & Pacadh: 457mm x 821mm x 304mm
This includes height of the plant and the imaging setup to read from inside a plant
Tagaichean: nanosensors, carbon nanotubes, living plants, DNA, water monitoring
Teicneòlas Cinneasachaidh: Argus is a plant with DNA nanosensors inside it that detects Lead (Pb2 Heavy Metal). This novel method allows living plants to provide an optical readout of Lead in water. First, a DNAZyme is used as sensor assay inside leaves, double stranded DNA that breaks into single stranded on contact with Pb2 and binds to single walled carbon nanotubes. Following introduction of Pb2 ions, the fluorescence output is quenched and this reduction is proportional to the Lead(II) concentration.
Dùbhlan Dealbhaidh: The following challenges had to be overcome to create world's first electricity free water monitoring platform.
No current real time off the shelf sensors exist for Lead toxicity monitoring. Sample testing takes approximately 1 to 2 weeks.
The chemical sensors inside plants also needed a digital connection with the digital world.
This sensor scheme did not have to use electricity, since it relies on a plant acting like a motor. Such process is then able to sample water 24 hours a day.
Rannsachadh: Industrial waste management has lead to depletion of water quality in rivers in many regions. Current processes of monitoring the water quality are not realtime. Our traditional sensors have been centered around synthetic and completely artificial techniques. We propose new nanosensors providing auxiliary sensing in conjunction with the natural system of a plant. These nanosensors provide an optical readout of lead in water by relying on a plants natural function near riverbeds.
Brosnachadh: This project is motivated by Flint water crisis, New Jersey school water problems, Austin Mar 2019 water advisory and many more. Current trend shows that by the time impurities are usually found in residential or agricultural, it is too late and has previously proven to be fatal. This is because continuous, cheap or off the shelf monitoring methods along river beds do not exist today. Argus on the other hand, provides an electricity free fully continuous water monitoring platform.
Faid a' Phròiseict: This project was stated in 2017 and finished in 2019. It has been exhibited around the world such as Science Gallery Bangalore, Future of Everything WSJ Festival in NYC.
Sruth Obrachaidh: Argus has nanonsensors injected inside the leaves of a living plant. A plant is like a natural motor in the environment operating twenty four hours without electricity. It continuously samples water and with that any impurities as well. Our nanosensors normally produce a visible glow of a specific light wavelength on the plant. When lead impurities from the environment come in contact with the nanosensors, this glow disappears to indicate that there are impurities in the environment.
Buill na Sgioba: Harpreet Sareen
Pattie Maes
Creideasan Dhealbhan: Images: Harpreet Sareen CC 4.0
Motion graphics: Jiefu Zheng