School toilets often has three problems: electricity and water waste and smoke (illegal smoking) by students. Our group developed a Micro:bit-based project to solve these problems.
The system has two functions:
All fans and lamps are connected to motion sensors, and the ventilation and lighting system are only switched on when the users move.
Cigarette smoke sensors are installed in the restrooms, and as soon as smoke is detected, the alarm goes off and sends an alert to the manager at the same time
Future upgrade: Our team would like to upgrade the water supply with hand sensors so that water only flows when users put their hand to the faucet. At the same time, the water runoff from the sink will be used to irrigate the school garden.
All the patient’s information, such as blood pressure, pulse etc. are monitored and appear on the screen, next to the bed. The system sends a warning signal to the attending doctor/staff, if any of these stats are irregular and/or of concern.
The Dariu Foundation, in partnership with the Union of Friendship Organization and the Department of Education and Training of An Giang Province, is celebrating the provision of nearly 1,500 laptops to 45 rural schools in Vietnam to strengthen efforts to teach basic digital skills to children in rural areas of Vietnam.
The laptops will be delivered to schools and code clubs in the targeted regions for digital literacy training and digital crafts. The Digital Literacy Initiative project was launched by TDF in 2011 to provide laptops to schools that do not yet have computers/laptops, provide training opportunities to local IT teachers, and provide equal access to digital development facilities for talented rural students through code clubs.
Since 2011, TDF has been providing laptops to 150 rural schools, training 14,000 local IT teachers, and providing access to digital education to approximately 1.5 million students in 10 provinces in Vietnam.
Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach has donated over 3,000 laptops to TDF since 2020 and BftW will join our efforts as from 2023.
Sturgeons require moderate temperatures for ideal growth and ample supply of clean water. Local farmers often use stream water from high mountain, for which it is difficult to control the cleanliness/ clarity of supply water. Therefore, they spend a lot of time controlling the water supply manually. Our team offers a smart solution for this problem.
How does it work? Sensors are installed to measure the cleanliness/clarity of the water. At a previously fixed level, the valves will be opened to supply water into the pool of sturgeons. If the water is not clear, the valves will remain closed. If the valves are closed for a certain period of time, the system will send an alarm to the farmers, so that they can find a different source of water supply for the fish pools.
Swisscontact – a leading organization in the implementation of skills development projects in developing and emerging countries – and The Dariu Foundation together are launching an initiative to promote digital skills among youth in Laos and Cambodia.
Without education, young people in the Global South are often condemned to a life of poverty. Swisscontact believes that the development of skills – in particular digital skills – is crucial for social integration and economic development, thus helping to reduce poverty over the long term. Education enables young people to find jobs or start their own businesses and enhances overall employment. It reduces youth unemployment and brings stability to fragile contexts.
Swisscontact has entered into a partnership with The Dariu Foundation to offer young people in Laos and Cambodia the opportunity to learn digital skills. Across rural areas of the Global South, The Dariu Foundation trains over 400,000 young men and women in programme courses, mostly in Vietnam up to now, and more recently in Bhutan and Malaysia as well. In this manner, youth are given the opportunity to work and earn income. Laos and Cambodia are two of the new countries of focus in which the Dariu Foundation will be working with Swisscontact to offer these courses to young people.
“For Swisscontact, this partnership with the Dariu Foundation represents an enrichment and useful expansion of what we can offer in the field of education and entrepreneurship for young people in the global South.” Philippe Schneuwly, CEO Swisscontact
Swisscontact has been working around the world for decades to help young people start their professional lives through training and skills development. Our partnership with the Dariu Foundation constitutes a useful expansion of this effort and also allows us to achieve more of the Agenda 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs).
“The collaboration with Swisscontact is an ideal partnership for us. We can count on Swisscontact’s local know-how and concentrate on our core skills.”Thomas Trüb, Founder and Chairman of the Dariu Foundation
We have noticed at our school that students leave their classrooms without turning off the lights and fans and leaving the doors open. This leads to a waste of electricity. Therefore, our team decided to develop a project where the lights and fans are automatically switched on and off and the classroom doors are closed or opened via I.o.T. In all public areas, the lighting is set to turn on and off at a specific time, based on daylight sensors. In the classrooms, the lights and fans are switched on and off at a specific time and according to lesson times. The fans are also set to turn on and off based on the temperatures in the classrooms via temperature sensors. Additionally, we installed movement sensors: when there is movement, the sensors send signals to the computer centre to turn on the lights and fans and to close or open the classroom doors.
The natural crab population is decreasing while the market demand is increasing. Crab farms face several problems in raising crabs as they can kill each other due to high density during the period of shell molting.
How does it work? The farm is divided into small tubs to prevent the crabs from killing each other. The water supply to the farm is controlled by solubility sensors to ensure that only qualified water enters the farm.- The system is equipped with other sensors to provide water at an appropriate temperature to help the crabs reproduce. Light and humidity sensors, as well as solar panels, are installed to help farmers control their farm in a smarter way.
One of the goals of the technological revolution is to make life more convenient. Smart homes allow us to live comfortably without having to worry about cooking, brewing coffee, ironing laundry or wasting electricity. Everything is automated. For this reason, our team has decided to build a Smart Home that fulfills some of these requirements.
How does it work? Energy saving: Motion detection turns the light on and turns it off when there is no movement and it reduces light intensity when sufficient daylight illuminates the area. Security: There is a sound alarm for incidents such as fires, earthquakes and flashing lights, indicating that an intruder enters. The door locks and unlocks with a passcode.
Severe winters lead to the death of animals, livestock and poultry in villages, resulting in loss of income and investment for farmers. Our team proposed a project to build a community shelter, equipped with modern technology to reduce cold-related deaths.
How does it work? We install sensors – to measure the outside and inside temperature – and heating systems. The indoor temperature is automatically adjusted to provide heat to the indoor station.
We also install automatic feed doors to provide food and water to the animals at specific times.
Last but not least, we install automatic cleaning and chemical spraying systems for the station. At the end of each day, the cleaning system will operate to clean the station, and spraying approved chemicals to protect the animals from diseases.
The Dariu Foundation, in collaboration with the Vinh Long Department of Education and Training (DOET), organized a one-day Artificial Intelligence (AI) training workshop for 250 local IT teachers to enhance their knowledge and skills in this cutting-edge technology.
The training sessions were presented by professionals in the field of Artificial Intelligence from renowned institutions (Saigon University and Vin University). The participants were introduced to the latest advancements in AI, potential challenges, opportunities, applications and hands-on experience, particularly AI tools and techniques to develop innovative projects at the code clubs. By familiarizing themselves with these cutting-edge tools, the teachers gained the ability to guide students in unleashing their creativity and problem-solving skills through AI-based projects.
Such training workshops will be organized for another 500 IT teachers in other provinces in the next few months.
