Yaroslav Pavlyuk, 14, from Srybny, Chernihiv Oblast, has designed a mousetrap that he calls smart and humane. It runs on a microcomputer and closes when a rodent is detected by a light beam. He spent about four months and 2,000 UAH on its development.
Yaroslav Pavlyuk, 14, from Srybny, Chernihiv Oblast, has designed a mousetrap that he calls smart and humane. It runs on a microcomputer and closes when a rodent is detected by a light beam. He spent about four months and 2,000 UAH on its development.
“When a rat or mouse comes to eat, its body covers the LED at the other end of the housing, the photoresistor is triggered and transmits a command to the microcomputer. The microcomputer transmits a command to the servo drive, which closes the mousetrap,” the schoolboy told Suspilny.
Yaroslav called his development "Humane Smart Innovative Mousetrap "Thunder"" and won the regional stage of the All-Ukrainian competition-defense of scientific and research works of students-members of the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the scientific section "Computer Engineering".
The guy spent about four months and almost UAH 2,000 on the work. He purchased most of the necessary materials online, and printed the case on a 3D printer.
“The most difficult part was connecting all these wires to the sensors, LEDs, and servo. The power is supplied from the battery. The device can be integrated into a smart home system and improved in many ways,” explains Yaroslav.
According to computer science teacher Vitaliy Shpytyak, to implement his project, the student needed to solve problems that go beyond the school curriculum, for example: working with microcomputers, electronics, sensors, 3D modeling and 3D printing technology.
In April, Yaroslav Pavlyuk is to present his device at the all-Ukrainian level.
