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00:10It's possible that the soil is dangerous after earthquakes, landslides, and others.
00:16But the soil is stronger and safer to monitor underground
00:20because of an innovation that won the National Winner at the James Dyson Awards this year.
00:26Let's change the game!
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00:32Ever wondered what's happening underground?
00:37That's the goal of our tech today,
00:40that can produce visual data from underground.
00:45Meet Ramon, short for Resistivity Acquisition and Monitoring Underground.
00:52Using sensors and electric current transmitters,
00:56it can get the soil resistivity or earth's capacity to transmit current.
01:01The prince behind the innovation is Joseph Aristotel de Leon
01:05of the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management of Delosal University.
01:10There are many things underground that we can't see with our eyes.
01:14We shouldn't neglect them.
01:17An example of this is groundwater pollution.
01:19The water we drink or use from our wells might be contaminated.
01:24Data from construction can also be used
01:27to monitor the strength of the soil after an earthquake and landslides.
01:33To collect data on the soil and measure the so-called soil resistivity,
01:40Ramon uses two main components.
01:43Let's start with the sensor.
01:46This is what we put on the ground or asphalt.
01:51While the transmitters are installed on the power poles to inject electric current.
01:57It depends on what's underneath.
01:59It has a corresponding voltage response that can be recorded.
02:03In a small sandbox, Aris showed us how it works.
02:08Dear friends, if you notice what our waves will look like,
02:13first, the soil doesn't have much water yet.
02:17Let's add water.
02:20That's it.
02:21The signal is getting bigger, right?
02:23Yes.
02:24The data from the sensors will go through data processing to make a time-lapse video,
02:31making underground monitoring more efficient.
02:34Great work indeed.
02:37That's why Aris's innovation is this year's national winner
02:41in the International Design Competition, the James Dyson Awards.
02:45It's a big confidence booster to continue.
02:50Now, we're trying to develop the field site prototype.
02:56There you have it, Kapuso.
02:58An underground monitoring system that can be used for safety and risk reduction.
03:05For GMA Integrated News, I'm Martin Aviar,
03:08Changing the Game!
03:15.
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