GS PAPER III: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.

Context: Indian Institute of Technology in Punjab’s Ropar has developed a first-of-its-kind Internet of Things (IoT) device - AmbiTag.

About AmbiTag:

• This device records real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products, body organs, and blood, vaccines, etc.
• AmbiTag is a USB-shaped device that continuously records the temperature of its immediate surroundings from -40℃ to 80℃ in any time zone for a full 90 days on a single charge.
• AmbiTag has a range of inbuilt features to customise logging intervals, time zone, and alarms.
• The device priced below ₹1000 to ensure the broader use of the device in different applications.
• It generates an alert when the temperature goes beyond a pre-set The recorded data can be retrieved in user-defined format by connecting the USB with any computer.
• The AmbiTag temperature data log advises the user whether the transported item is usable or the cold chain has been compromised during the transportation.
• This information is particularly critical for vaccines, organs, and blood transportation in the Indian scenario.
• AmbiTag is waterproof and monitors ambient temperature during the transportation of vaccines, including Covid-19, medicines, blood samples, food and dairy products, meat products, and animal semen.
• So far, such devices are being imported by India in a massive quantity from other countries, such as; Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, and China.
• The device will be made available to all companies involved in COVID-19 vaccine transportation from production facilities to the last mile vaccination centers in the country at the production cost of ₹

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/iit-ropar-develops-ambitag-to-record-real-time-ambient-temperature/article34696168.ece?homepage=true

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