BUK Student invents Water Powered Rocket, Smart Phone Control Car

The 18-year-old student, who hails from Gwale Local Government in Kano state while presenting the technological devices to the Vice Chancellor and the Management of the University on Tuesday, 13 September, 2022 explained that the rocket has the capacity of going up to 300 to 1000 meters height above
sea level in a speed of 250 kilometers per hour.

According to him, the rocket was made of plastic bottle and other locally fabricated materials using his innovations and could be used for surveillance purposes as well as data capture in difficult areas that cannot easily be accessed by conventional means.

Mr Bilal also explained that the invention could also serve as a drone that could generate information on certain spaces as it was connected with a digital camera that can be recording images using GPS technology.

In addition to the camera, the rocket also has a memory card as well as automatic parachute attached to it which can make it to land safely so as to be able to retrieve the information it stored in the camera and the memory card.

He said the rocket can remotely be controlled using a GSM phone or laptop computer with a view to manipulating its direction and area of coverage.

Mr. Bilal who was accompanied by the Head,
Department of Electrical Engineering said, he used his creativity to find a way on how to impact positively by contributing to technological advancement. Stressing
that with adequate materials and enabling environment he can invent more sophisticated technologically inclined products and machines.

Other innovation of Mr. Bilal using his creativity was the invention of a smart phone control car which can be operated electronically. He said with more support he would be able to translate his invention in conventional
cars, especially the mechanism of opening a car bonnet electronically as against the manual way.

Explaining further on the sensitivity of the devise, he said it was purposely made for remote sensing to serve as a device of obtaining information and or visual images
of a certain area on high altitude where normal human eyes cannot capture easily due to height or inaccessible terrain.

Professor Abbas noted that such students need to be supported and encouraged in order to boost their morale and make them realize their potentialities.