Dhaka goes techy

1. A top view of the exhibition zone of Digital World 2012. 2. A visitor tries out 3D video at a stall. 3. Visitors watch products at a stall. 4. Rab official explains to a visitor the technology they use. 5. Visitors in front of a stall. 6. Ruet students with their robot that cleans dust. 7. Quadrofalcon, a flying robot, takes a ride. 8. A visitor checks Doel laptop at a stall. 9. An exhibitor shows his device that captures 3D image and video. 10. Visitors learn about ebanking at a stall. 11. A decoration that explains the theme of the Digital World 2012. Photos: Palash Khan/Digital World 2012

Digital World- 2012 Bangladesh, the three-day tech summit began yesterday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital with the theme 'Knowledge to Prosperity'.
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury inaugurated the event. During the inauguration ceremony she said this event would play an important role in building the digital Bangladesh.
International ICT expert Sajib Ahmed Wajed Joy was present at the event as special guest.
He said 3G services will be taken to all over the country within next one year. He said every year 7,000 IT engineers are making their entrance in jobs. Digital World is a long term plan for the development in country's ICT sector.
The Ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) and Access to Information (A2I) Programme of the Prime Minister's Office jointly organised the event.
The event includes 28 conferences, seminars, technical and plenary sessions, roundtables, workshops with 130 speakers and exhibition.
Sixty private organisations, 27 government institutions and number of international organisations are also participating at the event with their stalls.
In the exhibition zone you will see university students are demonstrating their robots and software.
Quadrofalcon, a flying robot is being displayed by a team of four members from AIUB. The robot uses its propeller to fly and it has surveillance device through which it can transmit video to its ground station so that its controller can also have a look what it is seeing.
It can be used to check for cracks or defects on flyovers. The robot can fly for up to 10 minutes and it covers 1.5 km distance horizontally and vertically. It can be recharged very fast. It takes only 15-30 minutes to be recharged.
A three-member team from Ruet is displaying their robot Spy of Ruet, a car robot, at the expo zone. Their robot has webcams that cover 360 degree angle and with the cams it captures images and sends the images another laptop through internet.
The team members said their robot can go to place where people can't and send back information to its users. The robot is controlled through GPRS.
Nasim from KUET showed their OSRVT (Obstacle Skipper and Voltage Tracker) robot. The robot can sense obstacle during its exploration and change the path accordingly to reach its destination.
Ashek, another student from KUET, has built a Remote Health Care device under a bio-medical project. The device can measure heart rate, body temperature and can send the data to any web server through internet. “It can help doctors to prescribe the patients from remote place,” said Ashek. He said he wants to measure blood pressure with this device in future.
There is also 3G experience zone by Teletalk where you can experience the speed of this technology.
Government institutions are showcasing the latest technologies they have adopted and how the technologies work.
The event has been organised on the concept of e-Asia 2011.
Organisers said It would focus on using and leveraging ICTs and modern technology to boost up the economy.