Coming down heavily on the cutting remarks of HRD minister Kapil Sibal that IITs are no more a cradle for research, a 3rd year student of IIT Bombay has countered him, not with words, but with tangible super-invention that he has come out with.
Nikhil Gupta, a 3rd year mechanical engineering student of the prestigious institute has devised a machine that would revolutionize the way Indians cleanse their asshole after they poop.
In an exclusive interview with the third dimension, Nikhil said,” I was infuriated at the remark of HRD minister Kapil Sibal. I thought I must do something to preserve the pride and dignity of the IIT brotherhood. Just the idea was amiss. Being from a village background, I thought I would do something that would revolutionize the basics, the place I come from. And yes, the answer laid there-loo (I had just been to:P).
When asked why he picked such an out of the box topic for his research, he said, “From the very childhood, I have hated the idea of using hands to cleanse in this rudimentary process. First, in cold it leaves you frozen. Second, it leaves space to wash hands and, third and foremost, if not done meticulously, it would render piles over a period of time as after-effect.
We live in an age when we have computers, planes and stuff. Even the idiot-box has got smarter, but this rudimentary-chore-process has experienced no advance. So I decided to pick this.”
He was little reluctant to display the revolutionary gizmo as the official launch of this yellow-revolution machine is scheduled on the next Monday at the institute’s auditorium. When coaxed, he showcased it exclusively for the third dimension, but requested not to publish pictures before the official launch. The device flaunts a high resolution camera that would ensure that target hot-spot is not mishit when the jet fires the streams of aromatic soapy fluid and subsequently the RO treated water. The HD camera even allows clicking extensive pics of the covert hotspot which otherwise is rather never accurately reached. Apart from this it has a thermostat that would keep check on the warmness of water and a sensor that would automate this water jet making it visibly smarter.
When our correspondent inquisitively questioned the uniqueness of this idea as a similar feature is seen in the western toilets, he said that his invention might overlap a little with the western variant, but is unique in the fact that it is smart like our phones and TVs now-a-days. It clubs in so many features and moreover, it lets the user customize it (temperature, aroma, angle of projection) through an android powered Akash Tablet which also has preloaded apps to cut tedium when indulging in this rather dull caper.
Talking to us, Ravi Kamalkar, the president of the E-cell, IIT Bombay, enthusiastically said that the e-cell has decided to promote the product commercially in all parts of the country. He said,” based on a recent survey conducted by the e-cell, we foresee a good market especially with the highly stressed managers and the junk food guzzlers, among whom, constipation in pandemic. Initially we would start online booking for the product starting February 14, the valentines day, to lend at least some respite to the couples which hate to intercept their calls even when nature so alarmingly calls. If the sales are good, we would plan to come up with stores.”
Sources said that the product would commercially be named as iPoop 1 and we could expect for iPoop 1s by next year which would come with an subsequent swipe clean option after washing.