Male and female students at different educational levels succeeded in implementing innovative projects that serve the country’s transformation towards a knowledge economy. Schools and universities participated with innovative projects for their students within the “Think Science 2017” competition, the most notable of which are “Blood Farming,” “The Smart Refrigerator,” and “Green Belt.”
The idea of the first project (Blood Farming), which was completed by three students from the Arabian Gulf School in Sharjah, is based on the use of animal blood in agriculture.
Students Abdullah Al-Muaini, Ibrahim Dahdal, and Saif Al-Mansouri explained that animal blood in slaughterhouses is wasted, even though it contains beneficial elements that the soil needs.
They said that the procedures they followed in implementing the project included building a plastic house and preparing it, and bringing blood from the slaughterhouse, drying it and turning it into fertilizer, by leaving it in the sun for 10 days and stirring it constantly.
The students planted cucumber seedlings and fertilized them with dried blood, except for one that was named the control sample.
It turned out that the project contributed to providing food fertilized with natural fertilizers, producing more vegetables more quickly, as well as making the vegetables contain more nutrients.
As for the second project (the smart refrigerator), which was created by citizen student Al Maha Al Muhairi, from the Higher Colleges of Technology, it represents a home farm for growing vegetables, powered by clean energy, and produces vegetables that contain 40% more vitamins than those sold in the markets.
Al Maha explained that she invested in a refrigerator to display drinks in her project, which she modified and equipped with infrared lamps, a water tank to irrigate the crops, in addition to a camera linked to a phone application to monitor the crops remotely, and a regulator to monitor the degree of salinity in the water, the temperature, the amount of water, and bacteria.
She said that the water tank is filled every 50 days, and the refrigerator is equipped with a reminder feature to water the crops, especially since it is not permissible to water them for the first three days, and the light inside the refrigerator must not be turned on during this period. She added that the application reminds the person of the need to turn on irrigation after this period has passed.
Regarding the third project (Green Belt), the two students at the International Community School in Abu Dhabi said that it is a system for security and safety in vehicles, and it provides the greatest amount of safety for car drivers, as it links their ability to drive a car to their commitment to wearing a seat belt.
The two students, Gina Jamil Nafah and Sharina Muhammad Al-Rumaithi, said that the “Green Belt” system is a multi-functional project that uses simple electrical components and sensors. Its idea is considered unprecedented globally, and would achieve the greatest degree of traffic safety in society, by requiring the driver and passengers to wear belts. To reduce the risk of traffic accidents.
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