Arsh Shah Dilbagi: TALK
TALK — breath-to-speech device using Morse code.
Dilbagi looked for the one motor function almost every locked-in patient keeps: breathing. A MEMS microphone near the nose distinguishes short and long exhalations, a microcontroller reads them as Morse code and a second processor speaks the words. Target cost was under US$100 against thousands for commercial devices; it was tested with a patient at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi. He was Google Science Fair 2014's only finalist from Asia and won the Voter's Choice Award; at Intel ISEF 2015 he is recorded as receiving a special award from the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
IP note
Self-reported 2014 patent filing; no number located.
Recognition
Google Science Fair 2014 Voter's Choice; Intel ISEF 2015 AIPLA special award (reported).
What this means for a student inventor in India
[Editor: 120–200 words connecting this story to the Indian route — Section 6 (any true inventor may apply), provisional vs complete specification, disclosure at fairs (Section 31), renewals, and who owns what when a school is involved. Link to the relevant MYCrave guide.]
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- Easton LaChappelle — 3D-printed robotic prosthetic arm; later TrueLimb
- Shalini Kumari — Stair-climbing walker with adjustable front legs
- Ryan Patterson — Sign-language finger-spelling glove
Sources
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