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In countries like India, even a relatively small event can have a large number of participants. During these events a large number of people will be clustered in a limited space for a certain amount of time. Any mobile communication between participants of these events will be carried by the service provider’s tower in the vicinity and will be charged according to the applicable rates. If small portable private mobile towers are available for organisers to buy or rent for such events, participants of such events can communicate with each other using the device, free of cost. In other words, a device that can aid communication of normal mobile phones in an intercom mode (without using service providers infrastructure) within a limited geographic area may be useful to cut cost for large event organisers and even big offices.

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Todays ‘CRAZY’ idea is for reducing the congestion in certain intersections.

If the traffic signals at intersection are not efficiently timed, it can lead to traffic congestion. Ideally the green signal duration should be proportional to the traffic load in the segment. Right now (where I live) the duration is static and preset based on available data. But the pattern of traffic may change depending on time of day and diversions leading to congestion in certain directions, during certain time of the day.

My idea is to have ‘smart signals’ which can adjust the duration of signal based on traffic load. This can be implemented by setting up radar at a certain distance from the signal that can calculate the average speed of the vehicles near the signal. The average speed of vehicles will drop if there is congestion. The duration of green signal should be inversely proportional to average vehicle speed.

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