I have mentioned in the bio page(My story) that I did designed my first invention at the age of 11 or 12 year old. So, I decided to tell the story by writing a small blog article.
Since the very early childhood of my life, I always loved the night sky. As a small kid, I always wondered about the mysteries of space while watching the night sky every single day I could. Space, stars and aliens were among my favourite topics to think about. So, when I was 11 years old, I joined the astronomy and space science club of my school. Then I fell in love with the field of astronomy and space science. At the age of 12, I even won a merit prize at the National Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad competition. There’s enough of background story, so let’s dive into the topic.
So, as a kid, I loved to observe the night sky every single night possible. But I did not have much equipment with me. There was a binocular which my parents bought me. So, decided to create a new device.
Purpose of the device is to measure the angle of a star relative to the earth’s surface.
Typically to measure an angle we use a protractor. So, I decided a device that use protractor to measure the angle. although I don’t have the exact design with me now, I did find a similar design as shown in below.
As we can see in the previous figure, I attached the protractor to a PVC. So, when I’m looking at a star through the PVC, the protractor automatically changes the angle relative to the earth’s surface. To make the process easier, I attached the system to a piece of wood with a length of 15 inches(39cm). Then to classify the vertical Y-axis, I nailed a scree into the wood just below where the protractor is located. now the proposed system is finished. I have created my first-ever invention. At that moment, I felt like I could do anything. With this inspiration, I went to try to create some other inventions such as creating a telescope by using two binocular lenses and a moon rover by attaching a Nokia phone with a camera to a toy RC car. But that stories are for later in the near future.
This article is dedicated to my childhood and me as a kid who wanted to build things even though I did not have any resources.