Month: July 2018

Amaravati MakerFaire

It all started with a discussion on how an exhibition should be conducted. We were searching for themes. We were three of us that day! Kavya of IB Hubs, Prashant, a manager whom I had entrusted the student events with, and myself.

Kavya came up with the idea of Maker Faire, that she learnt something like this was conducted in Bangalore. We immediately browsed through the net. All of us said an immediate yes to the event. Kavya filed an application for the license. After a month, we got a mail that we have to face an interview. And then Kavya, Prashanth and Saugat, another consultant who just joined us at APIS faced the interview and we got the license for one year. Teja joined the activity after both Prashant and Saugat left mid-way. He worked very hard to push it through and saw that the event was successful..

After getting the necessary approvals from the government, we rolled put the call for participation and there was huge response. We had to restrict the exhibits because of space limitations. Sidhartha College management were very helpful in offering their ground for three days, and the class rooms for conduction of the workshop.

Thanks to all the ministers and local leaders in government who spared their time to encourage the participants with their presence.

The media has covered it completely

The Hindu: Mini maker Faire

 

 

Themes of Amaravati Mini Maker Faire

3D imaging, 3D Printing, Alternative Energy, Arduino, Art & Design, Biology, Computers and Mobile Devices, Craft, Drones, Education, Electric Vehicles, Electronics, Engineering, Fabrication, Fashion, Flying & Aeronautics, Food & Beverages, Fun & Games, Health, Home, Maker space, Micro controllers, Robots, Science, Sustainability, Nature

Workshops

Several workshops were conducted in parallel. It was amazing to see the active response from the students, parents and youngsters.

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We had a wonderful media coverage

List of Exhibitors at Amaravati Mini Maker Faire

  1. 3D Paper Sculptures,    Satish Kumar Moka
  2. 3D Printing for Makers,  Technolexis
  3. Advanced Portable Refrigeration, MADHU NARAYANA and team
  4. Advanced Traffic Control System,   Santhosh Reddy Bynagari
  5. Aero-Modelling Workshop,  Anand Kishore Verma
  6. Allika – From weed to wealth,  Abdul Mujeeb Shaik
  7. ASIT::Automatic Smell Identification Tester,  T N V Vasavi Sai Lakshmi
  8. ASP(Automatic service provider),   Shivam Soubhari
  9. Automatic ambulance calling system for Vehicles,  Bikshalu K
  10. Basics of Soldering (through Mini Electronics Project),  Srinivas SG
  11. Bharat Science Kits,  Bharat Kishore
  12. Blind Stick,   Nikhil P
  13. Build Your Own Robot (Remote Controlled Car) & Develop an App to Control it,  QtPi Robotic
  14. Bumpster, Kashyap Nagarjun
  15. Chocolate Making & Cupcake Decoration workshop, Chocos Express
  16. Craftarina art house, Tiruvaipati Swathi
  17. Craftiee, craftiee
  18. Crafts from news paper, M V Subbarao M
  19. Cydee Innovative Hybrid Powered Streetlights, MONIKA JHA
  20. Cyrrup, Aswini Nunna
  21. Design and Development of E-Mobility Vehicles, Subhash Pilla
  22. Detailed Clay Modelling, Lakshmana Rao
  23. E-Bill Device, Venu Kosuri
  24. Eco Friendly Helmet, Venkatesh Penumarthi
  25. Flying fire extinguisher, Suraj Mohammad
  26. Fopple Drone Tech, A Gopi Raja
  27. Intelligent Safety System For Women By Using IoT, BHAVANA S
  28. Ishma Handcrafted Accessories, Rekha Mutyala, Vandyaa Lakkaraju
  29. Learn to Build Drones, Amaravati Drones
  30. Magnetic device repeller, Govinda Kavali
  31. MahiRuham, Chitrabhanu Nanduri
  32. Make your PCB at home!, Teck Team Solutions
  33. Nail Art– Ravi Parasa, Ravi Parasa
  34. Organic products through Natural farming, Sri Sailaja Alluri
  35. Paper Sculptures, Satish Kumar Moka, Sai Charan Moka
  36. Petals Art Studio, Tulasi Nageswari Ravela
  37. PiHouse, Hari Krishna Reddy
  38. PIR Sensor Based Motion Detector cum Alarm, Sanjya Reddy Teparthi
  39. Portable Water Filter, VENKATA SUBRAHMANYAM BALAM
  40. Pottery and Clay Modelling, Lakshmana Rao Lanka
  41. Praman Bag, Pranay Sisir Chalapaka
  42. Quadcopter UAV Based Fertilizer And Pesticide Spraying System, Katari Sai Kumar
  43. Rescue Robotics, Aliasgar Calcuttawala
  44. Sculptures from Iron Scrap, Srinivas Padakantla
  45. Semi Automatic Prosthetic hand based on voice commands, Solbots
  46. Smart Energy Monitoring, Govardhan Chowdary Yalavarthi
  47. Smart Farming, Azaharuddin Sk
  48. Social Innovation, Hemang Vellore
  49. Solar Power Monitoring System, Sampth Raghavendra K
  50. Sonic Pump, TARUN TEJA, MOGANTI SAI KRISHNA, vavilala balamanoharsai
  51. Talking Tree Robotic Teacher, Sathya Rayala
  52. Thanjavur Paintings, Srujan P
  53. The Energy and Resource Manager Aswath Raj

 

More details at : https://amaravati.makerfaire.com/

 

Safety Measures while making online payments

Just gave a general talk on digital payments and safety measures. Thought would put them here…..

Safety Measures to be taken while using Credit/debit card

Identity theft

Some one can spoof your identity and gain access over your account. He might have known your password or your personal information through which he could reset your password.

Credit card / debit card /online banking

Some one must have got your PIN number, password in addition to your card number.. A few cards are also cloned. Phishing is one popular attack. An SMS or email or whatsapp message is sent with a link placed in it. That link when clicked would take you to web site where you are forced to feed information. Sometimes malware gets inserted in your computer or mobile through which important information can be stolen or deleted. Sometimes phone calls are made asking for information like credit card number, PIN, passwords etc on the pretext that you have won an award or got a lucky draw. This is called Vishing. Skimming is another technique through which credit card numbers are acquired either through copies of receipts or through small electronic devices. Never fill forms of lucky draw in malls.

Sometimes people come to you offering help in feeding information in ATM counters. Do not believe them. See that there are no strange devices connected to the ATM machine.

Keep changing your PIN frequently, do not expose last three digits of your card. Register your phone number and keep checking your transactions.

When a vendor swipes your card, keep an eye on him, an be present at the machine when transaction happens.

Use https web site for transactions and see the stamp that the web site is trusted.

Report immediately if you lost the card. Never throw the card after you get a new card. You tear it of into pieces. When you do online banking, don’t forget to log off.

Do not use unknown computers and free wifi to access your online account.