AmbiTAG

In news- Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar (IIT Ropar) in Punjab has developed a first-of-its-kind IoT device – AmbiTag.

About the device-

• It records real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products, vaccines, vegetables, meat, body organs, blood, dairy products as well as animal semen.
• The recorded temperature helps to know whether that particular item transported from anywhere in the world is still usable or perished because of temperature variation.
• It is shaped like a USB device that continuously records the temperature of its immediate surroundings from -40 to +80 degrees in any time zone for a full 90 days on a single charge. 
• Similar devices that are available at present record data only for a duration of 30- 60 days.
• It has a range of inbuilt features to customise logging intervals, time zone and alarms.
• The device generates an alert when the temperature goes beyond a pre-set limit. 
• The recorded data can be retrieved by connecting the USB with any computer. 
• The device has been developed under Technology Innovation Hub – AWaDH (Agriculture and Water Technology Development Hub) and its Startup ScratchNest. 
• So far, such devices are being imported by India from other countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, and China.