This is a current article about a real young Muslim inventor from Indonesia who has created a tool that is cost effective and intensely beneficial for rural communities / farmers in 3rd world or even 1st world countries. This is OUR ummah’s future. Let’s inspire each other to reach out of the box.
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His appearance is no different from the average young person, however Lutfi, as they call him, has fulfilled achievements that have surpassed his peers as well as those much older than him! In 2008 when he was in middle school he brought home a gold medal from the International Exhibition for Young Inventors in Taiwan for his invention – a Proofing Bread Box; but it doesn’t stop there. When a sophomore in high school in Bogor (West Java) he competed in Pittsburgh (USA) at the International Science and Engineering Fair where 70 countries attended and where he was awarded the Grand Award by 12 judges (including judges with a Phd in physics and a 2001 Nobel Prize winner). It was there that Luthfi presented the Digital Leaf Color Chart (DLCC) tool for farmers. This is a prestigious award and his invention joins 1100 other inventions from around the world. Masha Allah.
What is DLCC or Digital Leaf Color Chart?
DLCC is a sensor for detecting crop fertilizer needs.
How does it work?
It works like a grocery store hand scanner. He designed it to look like a hand scanner and attached a sensor device that reads rice-leaves as a scanner would read a typical bar-code. An analysis is made instantly by the device on the screen of the DLCC equipment for measuring the amount of fertilizer that should be distributed on one padi-field (rice field).
This tool, is a money saver! With this invention farmers can accurately find out how much fertilizer the rice-plants need. Prior to using this equipment, rice farmers would just estimate how much fertilizer was needed and this tool has allowed farmers to decrease fertilizer usage by approximately 25-30%.
Lutfi’s discovery has even received an award from the Army and Marines of the United States because of the benefit to people who are economically less stable. This invention will bring about savings which will benefit farmers and their communities well into the future, inshaa’Allah, and the DLCC is currently in the process of registration for patents. Lutfi does, however, continue to refine his findings for making it more slender, lighter and more convenient to use.
The best thing is that although it took Luthfi 135 attempts to perfect this invention, it costs just under $100 to produce which makes it not only very useful and beneficial but also cost-effective.
