BIG trouble over small cane

All ye ppl who think that we IITs are the cream of the cream of the
country, here an article frm the hindu today:
http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/29/stories/2004092913811200.htm
Check it out
[Courtesy: Blue.P]

Abstract:

CHENNAI, SEPT. 28. Step aside, IIT-Madras and Anna University: it's time to make way for a new set of stars from the suburbs. For students from the above two institutions, so long accustomed to viewing themselves as the elite of the engineering streams, it might come as something of a shock to find out that their `poorer cousins' are now sprinting ahead in the international arena. Take for instance, a bright young duo from Sri Sai Ram Engineering, West Tambaram, R.C. Aravindakshan and R.S. Bharath (II year Computer Sciences and Engineering). They have jointly developed the "I-Cane" or intelligent cane that helps visually impaired persons. The cane has a guidance motor and a computerised `brain' and scanner that warns the user about obstacles -- pits, bumps, objects, or overhanging wires, branches or other static obstacles. It also factors in dynamic obstacles, though this is yet to be perfected............


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