Inconvenience Beneficials

1. FIND US ON: ibRocks.wiki.hci.edu.sg Group 03-23 Inconvenience Beneficials Tarn Yao Ju (Leader), Ng Xuan, Seow Ryan, See Toh Ee Kin

2. The Amazing Ants • Existed since 92 Million years ago • Great survival instinct • Antenna • One of the Most important Biological structures of the ant • Navigation Guidance • Magnets in antenna serve as internal GPS • “Smells scenery” with stereo olfaction(sense of smell)

3.  ANTS THE NUISANCE 

4. Why our Invention ANT-PATHISE • Ants keep crawling onto my Plates, Trays, Bowls. How do I get rid of them?I wish someone would stop them.” ------Anonymous

5. Target Audience • Housewives • Campers • Frequent beach-goers • Picnickers • Swimmers

6. Why our Invention DEFINE People need help dealing with these pests Imagine… If you were at the beach having a barbecue When you come back from a swim, you find ants crawling all over your food Some even crawl away with your food

7. IDEATE Why not create a tray that ants can’t crawl on!

8. Prevention is Possible You cannot fully prevent ants’ visitation BUT… You can prevent ants from encroaching on your foodstuff in the final ≈(30-50)cm

9. Movement Orientation of Ants • Many ants cannot walk upside down • A hard time moving up • A smooth surface • Upside down • Navigation System would be confused • Disorientate when they move up on • Different verticals repeatedly • Their navigational weakness • Exploited to our advantage

10. Battling the Ants Antenna • Imagine • Holding a compass vertically • The compass needle would be confused • Imagine • Confusing the ants’ antenna • Ants’ sense of direction would be lost momentarily

11. How is our Invention different from existing products? • Those in the MARKET: • Constrained by fixed shapes and sizes • Made from chemically treated materials to repel ants • Not environmentally friendly OUR PRODUCT • Universal Tray • Natural Remedy • Exploiting Biological Weaknesses of Ants

12. How they are Imperfect Base With Legs • Base legs are not pointing vertically up • Ants can still sense • North • South • East • West

13. How they are Imperfect Chemically made Not environmentally friendly Non-Biodegradable

14. How they are Imperfect Organic Repellent • Repels ants effectively • Environmentally friendly • HOWEVER • Loses effect after a while • Becomes Useless • More is needed • Unpleasant Odour

15. A SKETCH OF THE ANTI-ANT TRAY Leg of Anti-Ant Tray

16. A SKETCH OF THE ANTI-ANT TRAY Extension B Extension A Extension A Extension A Main Tray Extension B Extension B

17. References The Amazing World of Ants http://theophanes.hubpages.com/hub/The-Amazing-World-of-Ants Magnets in Ant Antennae Work as Internal GPS http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/20/ant-magnet-gps.html Ants are first animal known to navigate by stereo smell http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8539000/8539525.stm Smelling Scenery in Stereo http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100309102527.htm General web searches on existing similar products

19. Question and Answer Session