Boy makes remote-control door
Oct 20, 2003
Herbert Lwanga, a student of electrical engineering at Kyambogo University has fabricated a remote controlled door
By Raymond Baguma and Fred Nangoli
Herbert Lwanga, a student of electrical engineering at Kyambogo University has fabricated a remote controlled door.
“I am a lover of technology,†he said as he pressed a remote button to control and open the door.
Lwanga, 22, is disabled but able. He said the success of the door was a dream come true. He said he had always wanted to make one, after having seen a remote-controlled gate 10 years ago.
“In June this year, together with my friends, Innocent Oucha and George Lubwama, we designed a plan for a remote controlled door. Under a project name, ‘Logel’ we made our own mortars, designed and made a remote control and finally assembled the door using wooden materials,†explained Lwanga, the principal researcher of Logel Project.
Lubwama and Oucha are the software and analog systems designers respectively.
The double door, which was on display at the recent UMA Trade Fair, Lugogo, is made of wood but painted with silver and fitted with glass.
Two long screws are placed on both sides and connected to the mortars fitted on both sides of the door. When the remote is used, the screws start moving and the door opens and when the remote is taken away the door closes automatically.
Lwanga said the door has several advantages. “It can be fitted in your bedroom, office or anywhere for security purposes. One cannot open it without the aid of a remote control. It is also software compatible and can also be operated with the aid of a computer,†he says.
Lwanga says they are also designing a coded-operated system for the same door. He says the price of a remote-controlled door largely depends on its design.
But this is not the first time Lwanga is coming up with something in the field of technology.
In 2000, while a senior six student at Kyambogo College in Kampala, he made a simple radio transmitter, which was displayed during a science fair at Namboole Stadium.
The radio transmitter worked like any other FM radio and would transmit information to near-by radios. “When I joined Kyambogo University I started thinking of going into a bigger project which led to the fabrication of this door,†he says.
The trio have also made a pulse detector, which is used for trouble-shooting only digital electronic devices and a level detector for trouble shooting both digital and analog electrical devices.
“At the same time these gadgets can be interfaced in the computer where we are developing a software for them,†he explains.
The National Council for Science and Technology is supporting the students in their innovations and Kyambogo University has permitted them to use the university laboratory.
Herbert Lwanga, a student of electrical engineering at Kyambogo University has fabricated a remote controlled door.
“I am a lover of technology,†he said as he pressed a remote button to control and open the door.
Lwanga, 22, is disabled but able. He said the success of the door was a dream come true. He said he had always wanted to make one, after having seen a remote-controlled gate 10 years ago.
“In June this year, together with my friends, Innocent Oucha and George Lubwama, we designed a plan for a remote controlled door. Under a project name, ‘Logel’ we made our own mortars, designed and made a remote control and finally assembled the door using wooden materials,†explained Lwanga, the principal researcher of Logel Project.
Lubwama and Oucha are the software and analog systems designers respectively.
The double door, which was on display at the recent UMA Trade Fair, Lugogo, is made of wood but painted with silver and fitted with glass.
Two long screws are placed on both sides and connected to the mortars fitted on both sides of the door. When the remote is used, the screws start moving and the door opens and when the remote is taken away the door closes automatically.
Lwanga said the door has several advantages. “It can be fitted in your bedroom, office or anywhere for security purposes. One cannot open it without the aid of a remote control. It is also software compatible and can also be operated with the aid of a computer,†he says.
Lwanga says they are also designing a coded-operated system for the same door. He says the price of a remote-controlled door largely depends on its design.
But this is not the first time Lwanga is coming up with something in the field of technology.
In 2000, while a senior six student at Kyambogo College in Kampala, he made a simple radio transmitter, which was displayed during a science fair at Namboole Stadium.
The radio transmitter worked like any other FM radio and would transmit information to near-by radios. “When I joined Kyambogo University I started thinking of going into a bigger project which led to the fabrication of this door,†he says.
The trio have also made a pulse detector, which is used for trouble-shooting only digital electronic devices and a level detector for trouble shooting both digital and analog electrical devices.
“At the same time these gadgets can be interfaced in the computer where we are developing a software for them,†he explains.
The National Council for Science and Technology is supporting the students in their innovations and Kyambogo University has permitted them to use the university laboratory.