Argus Sensor sa Kalidad sa Tubig by Harpreet Singh Sareen

Argus Sensor sa Kalidad sa Tubig by Harpreet Singh Sareen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award nga Pilak in Disenyo sa Sibernetika, Prosthesis ug Implant Competition Category.

PilakSibernetika· 2021

Argus Sensor sa Kalidad sa Tubig

by Harpreet Singh Sareen

Client: Parsons School of Design

A' Design Award nga Pilak Winner in Sibernetika Category

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The Design

About Argus Sensor sa Kalidad sa Tubig

Ang Argus usa ka sistema sa pagmonitor sa kalidad sa tubig nga gibase sa buhi nga tanom. Ang mga nanosensor gi-injeksyon ngadto sa mga dahon, diin kini magpabilin sulod sa intercellular nga espasyo. Ang mga sensor mopatunghag makita nga kahayag sa usa ka espisipikong light wavelength. Kon ang tingga gikan sa nakapalibot nga tubig moabot sa mga dahon, ang kahayag mokunhod, nga nagpaila nga ang tubig adunay mga hugaw. Ang tanom padayon nga nagakuhag sample sa tubig ug wala magkinahanglan ug kuryente. Ang resulta motungha sulod sa napulog-lima ka minuto hangtod duha ka oras, nga mas paspas kay sa pagsulay sa laboratoryo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Pilak

Argus Sensor sa Kalidad sa Tubig usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Pilak, usa ka talagsaon kaayo nga prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa labing taas nga lebel, matahom, ug makadani nga mga disenyo. Ang mga mananaog sa Pilak labihan ka hayag ug mamugnaon nga mga buhat nga nagpakita sa bantogan nga kahanas, talento, ug kamatngon sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Argus Sensor sa Kalidad sa Tubig mahimong talagsaon nga buhat nga ipasigarbo, dako ang pagkapropesyonal ug lawom ang kabag-ohan. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Pilak usa ka labihan ka mamatikdan, gihangaan nga imbento nga mapuslanon ug nagpalapad sa mga utlanan sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya. Argus Sensor sa Kalidad sa Tubig usa ka paglalang nga giinggit sa daghan, nga nagpukaw og mga tinguha, nagdala og positibo nga mga pagbati, ug nagsiga sa katingala ug paghangyo.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Argus is a living plant that continuously monitors water for heavy metal impurities, with nanosensors inside its leaves. These sensors, of the order 2nm, are injected inside the leaves and stay within the intercellular space. A living plant continuously samples water in the environment and any impurities that come along with it. Such method of detecting heavy metal toxicity is real time, showing a visible output within 15mins to 2 hours, in contrast to current lab methods.
Dimensions & Packaging: 457mm x 821mm x 304mm
This includes height of the plant and the imaging setup to read from inside a plant
Tags: nanosensors, carbon nanotubes, living plants, DNA, water monitoring
Production Technology: Argus is a plant with DNA nanosensors inside it that detects Lead (Pb2 Heavy Metal). This novel method allows living plants to provide an optical readout of Lead in water. First, a DNAZyme is used as sensor assay inside leaves, double stranded DNA that breaks into single stranded on contact with Pb2 and binds to single walled carbon nanotubes. Following introduction of Pb2 ions, the fluorescence output is quenched and this reduction is proportional to the Lead(II) concentration.
Design Challenge: The following challenges had to be overcome to create world's first electricity free water monitoring platform.
No current real time off the shelf sensors exist for Lead toxicity monitoring. Sample testing takes approximately 1 to 2 weeks.
The chemical sensors inside plants also needed a digital connection with the digital world.
This sensor scheme did not have to use electricity, since it relies on a plant acting like a motor. Such process is then able to sample water 24 hours a day.
Research: Industrial waste management has lead to depletion of water quality in rivers in many regions. Current processes of monitoring the water quality are not realtime. Our traditional sensors have been centered around synthetic and completely artificial techniques. We propose new nanosensors providing auxiliary sensing in conjunction with the natural system of a plant. These nanosensors provide an optical readout of lead in water by relying on a plants natural function near riverbeds.
Inspiration: This project is motivated by Flint water crisis, New Jersey school water problems, Austin Mar 2019 water advisory and many more. Current trend shows that by the time impurities are usually found in residential or agricultural, it is too late and has previously proven to be fatal. This is because continuous, cheap or off the shelf monitoring methods along river beds do not exist today. Argus on the other hand, provides an electricity free fully continuous water monitoring platform.
Project Duration: This project was stated in 2017 and finished in 2019. It has been exhibited around the world such as Science Gallery Bangalore, Future of Everything WSJ Festival in NYC.
Operation Flow: Argus has nanonsensors injected inside the leaves of a living plant. A plant is like a natural motor in the environment operating twenty four hours without electricity. It continuously samples water and with that any impurities as well. Our nanosensors normally produce a visible glow of a specific light wavelength on the plant. When lead impurities from the environment come in contact with the nanosensors, this glow disappears to indicate that there are impurities in the environment.
Team Members: Harpreet Sareen
Pattie Maes
Image Credits: Images: Harpreet Sareen CC 4.0
Motion graphics: Jiefu Zheng