A talk about Indian Maker movement and some of the work we have done so far. In this talk, I focus mainly on the work around the theme of "Making a difference in lives of poorest and needy people in rural area of India". - Indian Makerspaces - Vigyan Ashram Projects - REDX and some of the projects ( There are hundreds of people contributing to Indian Maker Movement. This talk is about some of the work done by Vigyan Ashram and REDX )

1. INDIAN MAKER STORIES
Samarth Shah
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samarthpshah
Twitter : @SamarthShah_

2. ABOUT ME

3. MY STORY
ROBOTICS, INTRO TO VIGYAN ASHRAM

4. EDUCATION IN RURAL AREAS
• Solar Panels
• Automated Systems for their farms

5. FabEd -
Machine for cow dung
plastering
FabEd workshop -
Multipurpose table cum chair

6. Fab Lab in Education : FabEd
workshop
Vigyan ashram + IIT Fab Lab

7. 3D Printing Jewellery designed and
made on 3D printer during FabEd
workshop by IX std students of Mukhai
village.

8. PRECISION AGRICULTURE - GEODESIC BIOMES
• Develop device/electronic circuit to control humidity, water supply, temperature, timer

9. EGG INCUBATOR – DEVELOPED IN THE FAB LAB
• Improved Incubation box for maximum
Heat Retention
• Incubation capacity is 100- 1000 eggs in
21-24 days
• Fully automatic i.e. Controlled
Temperature & humidity and Tray
rotation

10. BROWN RICE DE-HUSKING MACHINE
• Low power consumption
• Easy/ simple Operation
• Low cost and Low maintenance
• Produces brown rice without losing
nutritional value.
• 10 times efficient than traditional hand
pounding

11. SOLAR BASUNDI MAKER ( INDIAN SNACKS MADE FROM MILK
AND REQUIRED LOTS OF FUEL )

12. TALKING GANESHA
• Internet Q&A system for blind people.
• User can ask question and get audio response.
• System converts audio to text format and send their query to Wolframe alpha search engine.

13. • 3D printer for printing prosthetic Leg
• 3D Printer Developed by Fab Labs in
Japan and Philipines (Bohol Fab Lab)
being tested in Vigyan Ashram
Collaboration between Japanese's Fab Lab +
Bohol Fab Lab in Philippines + Vigyan Ashram

14. PROSTHETIC HAND
• 3D Printer
• Muscle Sensor
• Arduino
• Demo

15. Prosthetic Hand Made in Pabal for the people in Pabal

18. SKINSPECT
Developed By : Akshat Wahi , Aparajita Sahoo, Forum Shah

19. AND MANY MORE

20. NEWS PAPER ‘SAKAAL’ COVERED NEWS OF FAB LAB ‘TALKING
GANESHA’

23. INDIAN MAKER MOVEMENT
• FabLab, Vigyan Ashram ( FabLab 0 ), FAN ( Fab Asia Network ), MakerFest, Maker Mela, 3D Printers from
scratch, Hackerspaces, Makerspaces

24. MELBOURNE MAKERSPACES
• Connected Community Hackerspace, M.E.S.H ,Brunswick Makerspace, RHoK, Footscray Maker Lab

25. HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED ?
• Join Meetups/ Makerspaces
• Connected Community Hackerspace
• M.E.S.H
• Brunswick Makerspace
• Footscray Maker Lab
• RHoK
• Documentation
• Spread the word

26. THANKS
Happy Making !
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samarthpshah
Twitter : @SamarthShah_

27. WEBSITES
• http://vigyanashram.com/
• http://www.redx.io/#about
• http://makersasylum.com/
• http://diyhacking.com/
• Many more
• And search for “Indian Maker Movement” online