Project Vulkyrie
Solving a Silent Ecological Collapse !
Created on 22nd March 2025
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Project Vulkyrie
Solving a Silent Ecological Collapse !
The problem Project Vulkyrie solves
A portable, affordable detection system to combat India's catastrophic 97% vulture decline by enabling veterinarians, conservation workers, and rural communities to instantly identify toxic Diclofenac in livestock carcasses. This field-deployable colorimetric technology makes early detection accessible and economical, protecting these vital ecosystem scavengers and reducing rabies transmission where current laboratory testing is prohibitively expensive and impractical. Enhanced with AI-powered concentration analysis, the system accurately assesses Diclofenac levels from the intensity of color change, determining if carcasses exceed lethal thresholds for vultures and enabling precise, data-driven decisions on safe disposal methods.
Challenges we ran into
- The tcs3200 device not working properly, fixed by adjusting for blue light anomaly
- Real time chemical tests for the formation of dataset to train Ml model
