Worried about hair fall? A comb envisioned by a team of undergraduate engineering students can now tell if you should worry about receding hairline.

The comb and other innovative ideas like a plant capable of sharing emotions based on moisture content are some ideas that have come out of the second edition of EXCITE, brainchild of Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK), Hyderabad Software Enterprise Association (HYSEA) and JNTU.

The EXCITE, five-week workshop internship programme, saw 270 students from 30 colleges participate in the programme starting May 27. The workshop resulted in nearly 90 Android-based and Internet of Things products conceived by the students. Teams with the ideas will receive mentorship over the next 12 months while the top 10 teams will also receive seed funding to bring their products to the market. Organizers of the programme said that besides helping youngsters turn entrepreneurs and develop their products, it also aids in getting them jobs with handsome pay packages.

They claimed that the EXCITE participants last year had bagged as much as Rs. 9 lakh, offered by product developers. A few other product ideas from this year’s workshop include I-toy that helps parents monitor their children from anywhere and patrolling drones. The initiative has also spawned similar initiatives in colleges.

Dubbed ‘Maker Space’, this initiative is now being pilot-tested in 12 institutions, where year-long training through hackathons is provided. This year’s EXCITE programme has led the organizers to expand Maker Space to 40 colleges in the city.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Staff Reporter / Hyderabad – July 04th, 2016