Innovation out of Maznugiri, 60 years old, Mohammed Saidullah, a resident of Motihari in the state of Bihar. A honey seller by profession and innovator at heart. In 1975, when his Jatwa-Janerwa village was swamped under flood waters - an annual monsoon menace - he pleaded with a local boatman to take him to safety. When the boatman refused to give him space unless he paid for it, the young Saidullah looked for other ways to tackle the floodwater. Necessity met creativity and in just three days, he made an amphibious bicycle which could easily negotiate the floodwaters. He modified the conventional bicycle by adding four rectangular air floats to support it while it moved on water. Two fan blades were attached to the spokes of the rear wheel which enabled it to run on both water and land. The blades were arranged in such a fashion that the cycle could be driven in reverse direction too. He named it the NOOR Bicycle (after his wife), and claims he can now assemble a model for half that much. His big shining moment came in January 2005 when the then Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam, presented him with the National Innovation Foundations (NIF) lifetime achievement award. Video By: Discovery
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:41:25 +0000
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