Liquid Lens
One day my dad and I were walking through a park and he was explaining how a camera works.
Then suddenly I had the thought , why not just change the shape of the lens instead of doing
so much movement? Then another day I was preparing for my physics exam and there was a section
about how the eye worked. Then I got the idea of making lenses with liquid. It seemed like
a really good idea, until I actually started to look into it and try making it - I made small
prototypes . However, it turned out that there were lots of problems, and for some reason it
took me even longer to find out that it had already been invented a decade ago.
Still, I liked the idea and saw some potential in it and kept going with it.
Websites
Right after my 10th grade board exams I wanted to make websites for clients. So,
I decided to cold call a couple of CAs. After some time one CA agreed to me making
a complete website for him, at the time I said I would do it for free. Then, as
time went by he sent me all the details and I started coding the website. We discussed
about what all he wanted in his website,
and after going back and forth the website was ready to deploy.
Go kart
I’ve always been passionate about racing, go karting and formula 1. Naturally, I’d
like to have my own kart, customize it , and race around with it. This would not even
take too long to make. However, I don’t have the money for this. Making a go kart from
scratch requires lots of investment, even basic parts like tires can cost a lot. Hopefully,
I get the funds for it in the future.
F1 in Schools
F1 in schools is a racing competition affiliated with the actual F1 organization.
In this competition miniature cars are raced along a drag strip, and teams are
supposed to enact as formula 1 teams, which involves developing the car, garnering
sponsorships, marketing, and much more. My team and I (I designed the car) participated
in this competition last year in the National round in Noida. It was a rollercoaster of
a competition for us. Our car kept breaking again and again due to its thin design and
had to fix it after each round. However, right before the final round our car just wasn’t
getting fixed and we had to resort to our B car, which was slower. Somehow, the B car
managed to beat our A car by a big margin and almost secured 1st place
in the races. Our car ended up finishing 2nd fastest out of 97 teams.
3D Printing
I think it was towards the end of 2021 when I had asked my dad for a 3D Printer.
Seeing that I was doing decent in 3D design, he agreed. After researching and learning
about 3D printers we landed on the Ender 3 v2. Finally, when it arrived it was completely
disassembled because of which I had to tediously piece together the entire 3d printer.
Then, everything went well and I made lots of things…
No. For about a month or so it was
lying around because there was some problem that I couldn’t fix. After a month or so later
we called someone to fix it.
Flash-forward 3 years and I have thoroughly enjoyed using my 3D printer. Being able
to make and design new things without any restriction makes this one of my favorite things to do.
Speed Cubing (Rubik's cube)
At my peak I could solve a Rubick’s cube within 8-9 seconds. It wasn’t always like that though.
I began cubing in 4th grade after seeing some of my friends solving the rubicks cube. At first I was
horrible compared to them, averaging over 3 minutes per solve. But, I really wanted to catch up to my
friends. That’s why kept practicing and improving my times. After a point my average reached 12-13s,
and I even started competing in competitions. In one such competition I got the award of the fastest
under-12 cuber in Bangalore. Still, I kept pushing and reached a point where I could consistently
solve the cube in 8-9 seconds and even got a best of 6.63 seconds.
