Argus Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Isizwa Sekhwalithi Yamanzi ngu-Harpreet Singh Sareen

Umdwebo Argus Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Isizwa Sekhwalithi Yamanzi ngu-Harpreet Singh Sareen ungumnqobi ohlonishwa kakhulu womklomelo odumile we-2021 Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award Esigabeni Somncintiswano se-I-Cybernetics.

IsilivaI-Cybernetics· 2021

Argus Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Isizwa Sekhwalithi Yamanzi

ngu Harpreet Singh Sareen

Iklayenti: Parsons School of Design

Umnqobi we-Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award Esigabeni se-I-Cybernetics

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Mayelana ne-Argus Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Isizwa Sekhwalithi Yamanzi

I-Argus iwuhlelo lokuqapha ikhwalithi yamanzi olusekelwe esitshalweni esiphilayo. Ama-nanosensor afakwa emaqabungeni, lapho ehlala khona esikhaleni esiphakathi kwamaseli. Lezi zizwa zikhiqiza ukukhanya okubonakalayo kwesixhumo esithile sokukhanya. Uma i-lead evela emanzini azungezile ifika emaqabungeni, ukukhanya kuyancishiswa, okukhombisa ukuthi amanzi anokungcola. Isitshalo sithatha amasampula amanzi ngokuqhubekayo futhi asidingi ugesi. Umphumela uvela phakathi kwemizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu namahora amabili, okusheshayo kunokuhlolwa kwaselabhorethri.

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Mayelana ne-Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award

Argus Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Isizwa Sekhwalithi Yamanzi iwinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile ngokungajwayelekile okunikezwa imiklamo esezingeni eliphezulu, ebukekayo nethinta kakhulu. Abawinile beSiliva yimisebenzi egqamile kakhulu nedala kakhulu ebonisa ubungcweti obuphawulekayo, italente nobuhlakani babaklami babo. Argus Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Isizwa Sekhwalithi Yamanzi ilindeleke ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omuhle wesibonelo, onobungcweti obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezijulile. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award uyinto entsha ebonakala kakhulu nethakazelisayo esiza futhi isunduza imingcele yobuciko, isayensi, ukuklama nobuchwepheshe. Argus Umsebenzi Oyinhloko: Isizwa Sekhwalithi Yamanzi iyinto enomhawu omkhulu kuyo evusa izifiso, ilethe imizwa emihle futhi ivuse ukumangala nokuxakeka.

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Ama-credit, amalungu eqembu nemininingwane yobuchwepheshe ehlinzekwe ngumklami.

Izici Ezihlukile: 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.
Izilinganiso Nokupakisha: 457mm x 821mm x 304mm
This includes height of the plant and the imaging setup to read from inside a plant
Amathegi: nanosensors, carbon nanotubes, living plants, DNA, water monitoring
Ubuchwepheshe Bokukhiqiza: 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.
Inselele Yokudweba: 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.
Ucwaningo: 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.
Ugqozi: 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.
Ubude Bephrojekthi: 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.
Ukuhamba Kokusebenza: 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.
Amalungu Eqembu: Harpreet Sareen
Pattie Maes
Amakhredithi Ezithombe: Images: Harpreet Sareen CC 4.0
Motion graphics: Jiefu Zheng