Unveiling Flood Detector – Type 2!
Sit tight, we have news for you! Mercy and Felix, members from the I.O.Me001 FabLab, have created a new flood detector, something that works a little different as compared to the first one. The first flood detector worked by detecting when waterbodies were about to break their banks, whereas this new version has sensors around an area to monitor flash floods during the rainy season. How it works is that sensors will communicate with each other during floods, and if they register the same/similar data they will send out alerts. This is helpful, as this will be able to differentiate between a flash flood and when someone pours a bucket of water on the ground. This new version of the flood detector is more portable as it works using lithium-ion batteries and GSM network vs. the older floor detector that works using solar power and LTE network. The motivation behind this new model came from the flash-floods in Kijabe in 2024. There was wide-spread devastation where families were wiped out and people had to start their lives again from scratch. All of that could have been prevented by an alert system.
