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‘Multimagic Machine’: Kupwara boy makes a simple machine with multiple uses

S F Ahmad
 

Kupwara, May 13: He calls it “multimagic machine” – and truly his innovation is magical because it puts a simple principle to multiple uses in the most economical and sensible way. It is the innovative brain and little hands of a seventh standard boy Bilal Rashid Khan of Kupwara Public School, which have, out of a simple wind-mill created a complex machine that can be used for varied activities. It can be used for harvesting stored up rain water for irrigation purposes, it can grind grains and oilseeds, and it can also generate electricity and lift water without actually using electricity or any fuel.  Experts at the University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC) say Bilal’s machine is a “big innovation” that can be used to solve many a problems related to irrigation and energy.
The most amazing facet of Bilal’s “multi-magic machine” is that it does not require huge investment of money, it can be created very cheap if it is to come into the market.
“Multimagic machine” works in a natural and traditional way, says Bilal. A shower of rain or gentle breeze is sufficient to run this machine.  Rain water is deposited in dams and a windmill is fitted near the dam. When windmill rotates, the wheel belt attached to the windmill also moves which in turn rotates the dynamo that generates power.
Now if a long vertical pole is fitted along with the tower which rotates with the help of wind energy, this rotating pole is used to grind oilseeds and food grains, and that too free of cost obviously. When ‘Kashmir Images’ contacted Director USIC Prof. Ghulam Mohiuddin Bhat to know about Bilal’s “multimagic machine”, he said “yes of course this is a big invention and will solve many problems which the present world is confronting.” Confirming each and every use that Bilal had described his machine could be of; Prof. Bhat said the machine would go a long way in solving problems related to rainwater harvesting, and energy deficiency in rural areas. He also informed that the machine could be used for drip irrigation purposes by the orchadists.
“It can ensure water security by harvesting and storing rain water in natural and cheapest way, lift water without any motor, fuel and electricity and produce electricity to solve energy crisis, grind food grains and oilseeds free of cost and provide irrigation to extra farm land through a drip irrigation network,” Prof. Bhat said. Talking to ‘Kashmir Images’, Bilal Rashid Khan expressed his gratitude for his school, his teachers and also appreciated ‘Kashmir Images’ for highlighting his innovation.