Innovation : Telephone Operated Remote Switch

www.nif.org.in/dwn_files/hariyana/Part-I%20Innovations%20.pdf

National Innovation Foundation (NIF) has been pursuing the
mission of making India innovative and a creative society
since 2000 with the active support of Department of Science
and Technology, Government of India. Till date NIF has been
able to scout innovations and traditional knowledge practices
from over 520 districts across India.


Telephone Operated Remote Switch

The innovator observed the difficulty of farmers in their homes at night, who need to go to
faraway fields, as per availability of power supply, to switch the motor on or off for pumping
water.
The innovation uses the power of a mobile phone on existing networks to enable the
farmer to know of electricity status and remotely switch the pump on or off as required,
while sitting in his home itself. This “mobile phone operated switch” is an instrument box
with an attached mobile phone and modified circuit which can toggle a device between
switch-off and switch-on conditions, besides letting the user know the status of the remote
device.