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2. Lets start simple PhotographyThe Project Creativity, Vision Calculation, Technology Technique and TrickeryBHENDI BAZAAR, MUMBAI Documenting an urban habitat on the threshold of transformation 3. Thats just photography! Just a photographerMulti-Specialist ISO ApertureISO Coffee Food Noise Reduction Image Stacking 4. Skills Mix Tools & Usage Software SkillsPhotographyProject Objective Social SkillsHuman PhysiologyResearch 5. polymath/ plimaTH/ 6. Well-known polymaths Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Painter, Engineer, Inventor, BotanistRichard (Billy) Arnold (1905-1976) Racer, PhD (MIT), WW2 GeneralHedy Lamarr (1914-2000) Actress, Scientist, Inventor (FH-SS) 7. Any polymath you know? Every 5 year old! and that person, your walking encyclopedia friend and you, if you can break the social conditioning Wait, what? 8. Breaking / making a polymath 9. Nurture secondary skills Revisit your choices Open closed issues Googles 20% rule Set self-challenges 10. A challenge for a polymath Challenge: Mobility device for the blindImprove upon the white cane Products exist, but expensive, imprecise And for the deaf blind? Even less! A multifaceted challenge 11. Skills Mix Optics Product EngineeringEconomicsSoftwareConceptHuman PhysiologyElectronicsProduction Logistics CAD 12. My solution WyFindr: A light cane for the visually impaired: Non-contact device, new safety capabilities Detect approaching objects, sense further away More Discreet than white cane: Like a flashlight White Cane: Image By Sarah Chester (email sent to User:Graham87) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsFlashlight: Image By photo 2005 by Tomasz Sienicki [user: tsca, mail: tomasz.sienicki at gmail.com] (Own work) [CC-BY-2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5), GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons 13. Simple conceptPiezo VibratorVibration DriverMicrocontrollerInfrared Beam IR SensorsObstruction reflects beam 14. Device CAD 15. What will we achieve? Enhanced safety Extended range Vibration feedback Motion sensing Improved precision Social comfort Low cost, Rs.5000August Anderson (left) in TV series Covert Affairs is blind, and uses a fictional laser cane which emits a visible blue laser pattern 16. Enough of concepts Application to business world 17. In the WorkplaceI do many things 18. In the Workplace RequirementFinal OutputPMathI do many thingsFinal Output 19. In the Workplace Too many = disaster Easily distracted, bored Must prioritize effectively Provide nascent polymaths Repetitive InnovativeI do many things 20. Turning the tables: Your turn Challenge: Innovative cell-phone power AestheticsOthers?TechnologyStudy Problem CollaborationEngineeringEconomics 21. Your Action Plan (homework!) Allocate time Daily + Weekly Identify a mentor Learn new skill Rinse & repeat Pick challenge / project Create something Get it reviewed 22. Anti-social behaviour is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists - Nikola Tesla