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| Omar Faruk Holding His Innovation: 3D Printed Smart Tire Sensor |
Omar Faruk Emon, the student who designed and developed the smart tire sensor won first place and a prize of $3000 for his innovation at the just concluded Jade Innovation Competition 2019 in the future tires category which was sponsored by Monte Jade Science and Technology Association and Maxxis Tires
Using 3D printing technology, Omar design, print the smart tire sensor together with the tire tread and having been embedded into the tread of the tire, the sensor is now able to convert mechanical energy which is generated as a result of moving tire to eletrical energy - voltage generated under the strain to produce series of data to know the tire conditions which includes efficiency, slip, traction and speed and the road conditions.
A publication on the website of the University of Akron stated that the 3D printed smart tire sensor could help tire manufacturers in series of way which include helping them to meet certain specification of their products.
The publication stated that the data generated from the tire-road interaction could be translated to a meaningful information by uploading it to cloud to help car owner, motorcycle riders or lorry drivers to determine whether they would need tire repair or change it totally.