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2021 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 7 3
Targeted Dream Incubation

ASMITA SOOD of sleep called ‘hypnagogia’,
which marks the transition from a
The concept of incubation of conscious state to the unconscious.
dreams has intrigued people for Since it is a transition phase, the
ages. The research on Targeted subject can still hear external
Dream Incubation is based on the noises and the senses are fully
question of whether interacting involved. The subject is made
and interfacing with dreams can to hear an audio with the aim to
lead us to unlock new potentials project an image of that audio
with respect to creativity and our in their mind. Various steps are
day-to-day cognitive activities. followed to make sure the subject
Targeted Dream Incubation refers doesn’t lose track of the theme
to the process of engineering or in deep sleep. The process is
guiding dreams towards a specific completed using a sleep tracker,
theme. The use of TDI is to and a device to control audio.
conduct scientific experiments At MIT, scientists have used
that will enable us to determine sleep trackers like ‘Dormio’ and
the role of our subconscious in ‘Masca’. Leading universities SRM student becomes first Indian
our emotions, creativity and brain of the world are continuously
potential. At a stage where the experimenting with the use of
concept of engineering dreams TDI for a multitude of purposes woman to qualify for Olympics
seems like a fantasy, scientists are ranging from treating PTSD
continuously experimenting and based trauma to enhancing brain
analysing to prove that it’s not. creativity and potential. With STAFF WRITER Tokyo Olympics by coming first sailing when she clinched a
The engineering or redirection research on TDI going strong, at the Laser Radial event in the bronze medal at 2020 Sailing
of a dream in Targeted Dream it is helping us explore minds SRM Institute of Science Mussanah Open Championship, a World Cup in Miami, USA.
Incubation is done in the phase like never before and Technology's (SRMIST) joint Asian and African Olympic She will now become the
student Nethra Kumanan qualifying event. A second- first Indian woman sailor
has become the first Indian year engineering student of to represent the country at
woman to qualify for the SRMIST, she has represented the Olympics. This 23-year-
upcoming Olympics. She the country at the 2014 and old professional sailor is a
will be representing India 2018 Asian Games in Incheon resident of Chennai and has
in sailing and confirmed her and Jakarta, respectively. She made her Institution proud.
berth in the Tokyo Olympics became the first Indian woman She trains in the Canary
recently. She qualified for the to win a World Cup medal in Islands, Spain.

Malvika Bansod brings laurels to SRM

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Dormio device developed by scientists at MIT to track sleep The woman’s singles badminton
2021 Uganda international
was held in Kampala, Uganda
Hacktrix 2021 on March 1 2021. Malvika
Bansod, 19, from Nagpur, a
student perusing her B.Tech
PRAKHAR BHARADWAJ their imagination and come up CSE course in SRMIST, bagged
with a solution to make the world the gold medal, bringing laurels
HackTrix was a unique, one of a better place. The event was and pride to our nation and
a kind 36-hour long hackathon attended by a roster of incredibly institution. Her final match was
organized by the IEEE SRM, talented judges including Alon against Anupama Upadhyaya
a prolific student chapter and Grinshpoon, CEO of echoAR, from Haryana. Anupama had
a multitude of scholarly that Akshay Saini, Software Engineer, a great start, winning the first
aims to advance technology for Uber, and Soham Dixit, Engineer set 17-21. However, Malvika
humanity. The event started on at American Express. This event Bansod came back with a bang
2nd April 2021 and ended on 4th also showcased talented coders in the second and third rounds,
April 2021, after 36 grueling who mentored the participants winning the finals 25-23, 21-
hours of coding. This event and helped them with their 10 respectively. Malvika took
followed a unique pattern, where projects. The winning team, up badminton when she was
participants were given 8 different TRIX4, received a cash prize just eight years old. Her first
‘tracks’ from which they had to of 13,000 INR and gifts from senior international debut was Malvika Bansod After winning the gold medal
choose one and make a coding IEEE and their sponsors. The in September 2019, with a title Now, the gold from the Uganda two months, she managed to
project that in their opinion could 1st runner-up acquired 8,000 victory in the Maldives. The International sits proudly in her break into the world’s top 200.
revolutionize different fields. INR while the 2nd runner-up very next week, she won the trophy case. Thereafter, she won The Nag Bhushan award by a
These tracks included topics, received 4,000 INR. At the end Annapurna Post International a bronze medal at the Bahrain Maharashtra-based non-profit
which are relevant to the present of the day, the event was a huge Series, Nepal. She is a consistent International Series in October organisation, the Khelo India
scenarios, such as, Healthcare, success and fulfilled its promise achiever from her young age and 2019 and also reached the Talent Development Athlete
Ed-tech, Agriculture, Defense of providing the participants an has won several gold medals at the quarter final stage at the India award and the Target Olympic
& Aerospace and IoT or Open atmosphere of competitiveness national level-events in junior and International Challenge. With Podium Scheme (TOPS) Athlete
Track wherein the participants among participants while turning senior categories before moving her performance in these recent award are also a few of her
were given the option to let loose their ideas into reality. to the international tournaments. international tournaments in just other accolades.