UGM students brought home six medals from the 2nd World Innovation Technology Expo (WINTEX) 2019 event held by Indonesian Invention and Innovation Promotion Association (INNOPA), from 9-12 October 2019 in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII). As many as 1,100 innovators from 18 countries joined the event.
Ahmad Zaini Pratama, one of the awardees of the gold medal said on Monday (14/10) that he and his fellow students Haris Hendrik, Andika Prima Sandi, Aisya Fitri Abdillah and Al Syahril earned the medal for their IoTanam: Smart Urban Farming platform. IoTanam is integrated as a precision agricultural technology equipped with Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to control and recommend the prevention of hydroponic and agroforestry-based plant diseases in real time.
Ahmad said they developed IoTanam following the concerns that extensive land clearance had caused deforestation in addition to the lack of agricultural lands. The platform has been developed with features such as mentors, water flow control and plant nutrition, recommendation systems, and automatic water and nutrition filling. IoT has been installed to control and monitor temperature, humidity, water supply, and water level in the tank. Meanwhile, Artificial Intelligence is to detect plant disease types and recommend for the prevention of diseases.
“With IoTanam, we can monitor agroforestry activities remotely and regulate water supply and humidity as well as soil acidity level automatically, even when we are out of town,” he explained.
Another gold winner is Meet Pharmy application that has been developed by Muhammad Sulhan Hasi, GP. Wahyunanda Crista Yuda, Muhammad Fikri Abdillah, Dewa Nyoman Dharma Triyasa, and Erlita Puspa Kiananti. Meet Pharmy is a game application to introduce the pharmacist profession to children. The children are also introduced to pharmaceuticals so that they won’t be afraid of taking medicines.
The next gold medal has been awarded to Ardhi Kamal Haq, Said Ahmad, and Pamela Chanifah Zahro with their innovation entitled Utilization of Waste of Sugar Palm (Arenga pinnata) as an Acoustic Panel to Prevent Environmental Damage. They used the waste of sugar palm powder to turn it into acoustic panels.
The last gold medal went to Putra Makmur B., Stephanus Satria Wira Waskitha, Vidiskiu Fortino Kurniawan, Nicolaus Elka Yudhatama, and Reza Yustika Bayuardi, who innovated Plastcom-Crete: A Novel Solution to Transform Plastic Waste into Composite Concrete. This innovation offered a new solution to waste management, particularly plastic waste, which is turned into composite concrete.
A silver medal went to Raden Roro Intan Dwi Nuraini, Trika Yuliana, and Mukhamad Burhanudin who developed the ArgoAgro innovation. ArgoAgro is a webgis application used for an efficient chain supply media for agricultural commodities. It has been implemented in Madiun, East Java.
Lastly, a silver medal was awarded to Afif Fachrudin, Agiel Hadid Ridlo, Muhammad Rifqi Amrullah, Rania Putri Chaela, and Salman Rahwidean Janotama with their NoHama innovation. NoHama is a rat exterminator that uses solar power to resolve crop failure problems due to rat infestation.
Source: https://www.ugm.ac.id/id/berita/18577-ugm-borong-6-medali-dari-ajang-internasional-wintex-2019
