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Pradeep Kumar

01/06/21 09:00 AM IST

AmbiTAG

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IIT Ropar develops "AmbiTAG"- India's first indigenous temperature data logger for the cold chain management.

Highlights
  • Nation's first-of-its-kind IoT device for secure transportation of vaccines, blood and body organs, perishable products (food and dairy), etc.
  • AmbiTag that records real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products, vaccines and even body organs and blood. 
  • That recorded temperature further helps to know whether that particular item transported from anywhere in the world is still usable or perished because of temperature variation. 
  • This information is particularly critical for vaccines including Covid-19 vaccine, organs and blood transportation. 
Functioning
  • Shaped as USB device, AmbiTag 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.
  • Most of the similar devices available in the international market record data only for duration of 30- 60 days”.
  • It 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.
Besides perishable items including vegetables, meat and dairy products it can also monitor the temperature of animal semen during transit. “So far, such devices are being imported by India in a massive quantity from other countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, and China.

Source: PIB

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