Will China save
the World ?
----------------------------------
I mean , by conquering the
corruption
It seems so
It has following distinct
( unfair ? ) advantages :
It is a dictatorship ( up
to you to believe , whether benevolent or malevolent )
When it comes to the
matter of corruption, Xi Jinping does not need to “ consult “ either his
ministerial colleagues or his bureaucrats . He just acts. Here is proof :
In the first half of 2017, the Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection (CCDI) received 1.31 million complaints and opened
260,000 cases.
Over 210,000 officials were punished for corruption in the
first half of 2017.
A
few years back , China released a document called , ‘ Made in China 2025 ’
As
per this road-map, China plans to become the world leader in AI by 2030
It
is well on its way to achieve that !
Given
this background , it is highly probable that , if Xi Jinping gets to read my following proposal, he would call
up the boss of China’s Currency Printing Press and tell him :
“
You have 6 months to start printing RFID embedded currency notes of 100 Yuan “
I
appreciate that our own Cabinet Ministers are so very busy preparing for the
elections that they may not have found time to read my 48 emails on this subject ( listed below )
In
the meantime, I am mailing my following CONCEPT NOTE to
#
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
( premier@mail.gov.cn )
#
Our own Cabinet Ministers
#
NITI Aayog
#
PM- Economy Advisory Council Members
#
PM – Science, Technology , Innovation Advisory Council Members
#
Indian Think Tanks
#
Scientists / Researchers mentioned below,
Sanjay
Sarma
/ SESARMA@MIT.EDU'
Yury
Gogotsi
/ gogotsi@drexel.edu
Prof.
B. B. Khatua / khatuabb@matsc.iitkgp.ernet.in
Prof
McAlpine
/ 'mcalpine@umn.edu'
Sayani Majumdar
/ sayani.majumdar@aalto.fi
Dr. Ramses V. Martinez /
rmartinez@purdue.edu / https://engineering.purdue.edu/FlexiLab/index.html#contact
======================================================
PROPOSAL :
Preface :
For
nations around the World , corruption is a
debilitating disease , sapping national wealth
Premise :
For
existence and proliferation of corruption , BLACK
MONEY , is the foundation
Black Money [ BM ] :
BM
is money on which the recipient evades paying due tax by hiding the receipt of
such monetary payments from the income tax authorities .
In
most cases , BM is in the form of high denomination
currency notes .
Sometimes
it can be in the form of an asset such as gold / land etc, which is not
declared in the annual Income Tax Return of the owner of such asset and no
Wealth Tax paid on the same
Solutions :
Option # 1
Except
for very small value purchases ( of either goods or services ), government to
mandate that all other payments are made digitally ( which are traceable from
beginning to end , using emerging technologies like Blockchain and cross-linked
with a country’s tax-compliance mechanism )
Unfortunately,
this is nearly impossible ( at least for a decade or so ) in a country like
India where , despite the big gains made in Digital Payments ( since
de-monetization of Nov 2016 ), cash payments still constitute some 85 % of all
payments
Option # 2
Keep
24x7 track of each and every high denomination
currency note in circulation
Over
the past 2 years, several technologies have evolved, which hold promise of a
government being able to do this [ - and I believe, China will be the first to
this ]
Given
a political will on part of the Policy Makers , it seems feasible to print such
high denomination currency notes with embedded
nano-sensors which “ announce their face value and NaVIC satellite based location
“ to a government server , 24x7
Technology Structure :
The
technology structure of this project will comprise of the following elements :
[ A ]
A
sensor embedded in the currency note for “ storing data “ such as ,
· Serial Number of the currency note
· Face Value of the note
[ B ]
An embedded sensor to “ transmit data
“ to receivers ( mobile phones ) in its
immediate environment , using Radio Frequencies ( RFID
antenna )
[ C ]
A
nano-scale Solar Panel embedded within the
currency note to “ power RFID antenna “
[ D ]
A
Mobile App which picks up the signals ( Digital
Data re Currency Serial Number and face value ) from the RFID antennas ( using
NFC / Blue Tooth ) and relay to government server
Following
are those potential technologies to be considered :
=====================================================
[ A ]……..
Technology
for “ a sensor embedded in the currency
note for “ storing data “
Dear Shyam,
In yesterday’s “ Mumbai
Mirror “ , I came across following news :
“ New Fabric can store data
without electronics “
I also looked it up on your web page :
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~gshyam/ and saw the video and then wondered :
“ Can your technology help the Indian Government
, tackle the twin problems of ,
Detection of fake / forged currency notes of high
denominations ( Rs 500 / 2,000 )
Reduction of BLACK MONEY ( usually held as CASH of
Rs 500 / 2,000 notes )
Earlier , I had suggested to the Indian
Authorities to consider embedding RFID
nano-chips in those notes , to track any accumulation
of ( say ) 1000 notes in an area of 1 sq meter , anywhere in India
Only a few days back , I learned that
the Australian Government is considering embedding RFID nano-chips in its $ 50 / 100 , currency notes for the
purpose of tracking the Black Money
In “ Mumbai Mirror “ news item , you are quoted :
“ This is a
completely electronic-free design ,
which means you can iron the smart fabric or put it in the washer and dryer. We
are using something that already exists on a smart phone and uses almost no power, so the cost of reading
this type of data is negligible “
Report further says :
“ The team also
demonstrated that the magnetized fabric could be used to interact with a smart phone while it is in one’s pocket … Scientists
realized that this off-the-shelf conductive
thread also has the magnetic properties that can be manipulated to store either digital data or visual
information like LETTERS or NUMBERS “
I believe all currency notes come with a
metallic SECURITY THREAD , capable of being
magnetized
So, could that
thread be able to store the UNIQUE SERIAL NUMBER , assigned to each and every
currency note , which , in turn , can be “ read
“ by the Smart phone , and “ transmitted
“ to the Central Server of the India’s Income Tax Department ?
If possible , this
can track those high denomination currency
notes lying in wallets / purses ( - assuming that a smart phone is also
next to those notes )
This still leaves open the following issue :
Huge bundles of high currency notes (
totalling millions of rupees ) , are usually stored in lockers ( at home or in bank vaults )
How can your invention help to track
these ?
I would highly appreciate
if you can show a way by which India can leapfrog Australia
=================
A few days later, I wrote again :
Dear Shyam,
In my earlier mail , I had wondered :
“ Can storing of unique SERIAL NUMBER of a Rs 2000 currency note , in
its SECURITY THREAD , help detect large
accumulation ( say 500 pieces of notes ) in a Bank or Home Locker ? And enable
transmitting that info to a central server of the Income Tax Department ? “
Incidentally , one year since de-monetization ( 08 Nov 2016 ) , Reserve Bank of India has still not been able to
finish “ counting “ those millions of Rs 500 / 1000 old notes returned by the
holders , despite employing 60 Note Counting
Machines , on 24 hour basis !
If their SERIAL NUMBERS were stored in
SECURITY THREADs , could your technology have completed counting faster ?
Unfortunately , I did not get any reply
from Shyam Gollakota
============================================
[ B ]
Technology for an embedded sensor to “ transmit data
“ to receivers ( mobile phones )
in its immediate environment , using Radio Frequencies ( RFID antenna )
For this technology , I wrote to the following scientist :
-------------------------------------------------------------
Dear
Yury Gogotsi ,
I
read this article with interest [
Spray-on antennas for the Internet of Things ]
My
interest being :
Some two years back I suggested that our
high denomination ( Rs 500 / Rs 2000) currency notes should
be embedded with RFID chips ( micro-sensors ) and create a Technology
Platform ( in IT department ) through which such notes can be tracked , through NFC in
smart phones carried in everybody’s pocket
Idea was to put a
permanent end to BLACK MONEY generation / accumulation through CORRUPTION
But the problem was :
How to “ power “ (
- although , very small ) those RFID chips , to be able to reveal
their Unique Serial Numbers to a nearby smart phone / smart watch ( - which
, in turn , communicates with the server of the IT department ) ?
Could your invention solve this problem ?
If yes, it could vastly reduce the
corruption in this world – since nearly all the bribes given out, are in CASH ,
comprising HIGH
DENOMINATION currency notes
I got following reply :
Sent: Sunday, October 14,
2018 5:52 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: GETTING RID OF
CORRUPTION WITH YOUR INVENTION
It would be nice if our material
could help to solve this problem.
Yury
Gogotsi, Ph.D., D.Sc., Dr.h.c.
Charles
T. and Ruth M. Bach Distinguished University Professor
Director, A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute
Drexel University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering (383 CAT Building)
3141 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
E-mail: gogotsi@drexel.edu
TEL 1-215-895-6446
FAX 1-215-895-1934
http://nano.materials.drexel.edu
Associate Editor: ACS Nano
http://pubs.acs.org/journal/ancac3
Director, A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute
Drexel University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering (383 CAT Building)
3141 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
E-mail: gogotsi@drexel.edu
TEL 1-215-895-6446
FAX 1-215-895-1934
http://nano.materials.drexel.edu
Associate Editor: ACS Nano
http://pubs.acs.org/journal/ancac3
Seeking further clarification , I wrote back :
Dear Yury,
Thanks for your prompt reply
But , since I am a non-technical person , I would
appreciate knowing from you , whether you foresee the feasibility of your
material powering an embedded RFID in a currency note
With regards,
Hemen
Here
is what Yury replied :
Yes,
just like metals are currently embedded.
And a little later , Yury wrote again :
Dear
Hemen,
I’m a scientist developing new
materials. It’s up to people like yourself to achieve implementation of our
developments.
===================================================
[ C ] / 1
For
“ a nano-scale Solar Panel embedded within
the currency note to “ power RFID antenna “
For
this technology , against my inquiry , I got following replies :
From: Prof. B. B. Khatua
[mailto:khatuabb@matsc.iitkgp.ernet.in]
Sent: 05 July 2018 18:19
Sent: 05 July 2018 18:19
To: 'Hemen Parekh'
Subject: RE: CONGRTULATIONS
Dear Hemen Parekh,
Thanks for your email and wish.
Recently, our another work on
"Egg-shell membrane" based materials for generating electricity has been published in International Journal, and
featured as news in various news media. Some of the links are given below :
We
have not yet performed any test for RFID, but will do so
in the future work.
best regards,
Dr. Bhanu Bhusan Khatua (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor
Materials Science Centre
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur-721302
West Bengal, India
Ph: (+91) 3222 283982 (off)
09932507444 (cell)
Fax: (03222) 255303
Skype: 919932507444
============================================
[ C ] / 2
But
did not get any response to following request :
E
Mail : 'mcalpine@umn.edu'
Dear
Prof McAlpine,
Just
read your interview re 3D printed electronic tattoos
Being
a non-technical person , I have following question :
Can
this technology print a RFID sensor coupled to a nano scale “ Solar Panel “ , onto a plastic currency note of high
denomination , so that such notes can be tracked 24 X 7 ?
If
yes , this could rid the world of CORRUPTION – all of which happens through
BLACK MONEY ( unaccounted / tax evaded money – cash )
For
over 2 years , I have been trying to convince the Indian Government to adopt
this RFID embedding of high denomination currency notes
I
believe biggest hurdle is to provide a tiny electrical power to the embedded
RFID
May
be your innovation can overcome that problem
--------------------------------------------------------
And,
I did not get any reply to my inquiry for the following technology , from Prof
Traverso
It was this paragraph which
aroused my interest :
“
The researchers are now working on making the power delivery more efficient and
transferring it over greater distances.
This technology also
has the potential to improve RFID applications in other
areas such as inventory control, retail analytics, and “smart” environments, allowing for longer-distance object
tracking and communication, the
researchers say. “
References :
[ C
] / 3
But reply to my inquiry to Qiu Jiang , opened up a
window !
Qiu Jiang
Ph.D. Student, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, SA,
Materials Science and Engineering,
Office: Bldg.3, level 3, 3203-WS17, Mobile phone: +966
(0)54 670 1529
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To: Hemen Parekh
Cc: Jr-Hau He
Subject: Re: TENG / Triboelectric Nanogeneratot
Dear Hemen:
The typical power consumption of RFID is
~10 µW, and Energy density of a microcapacitor can easily go 1 mWh/cm3,
which means a microsupercapacitor with 1 cm3 volumn can power the RFID for 100
h.
As you said, you want some thin devices, take
100 µm thickness for example, a microsupercapacitor with 1cm2 area and
100 µm thickness can power the RFID for 1h.
Also, you don't need to continuously power the
RFID, thus it is practical to do so.
Regards
Qiu
======================================================
[
C ] / 4
And then I found following about the research of an
Indian girl , working in Finland :
New printable
thin films could help power Internet of Things
Scientists, including one of Indian
origin, have designed printable, organic thin
films for "neuromorphic" computers inspired by the human
brain, which will help power Internet of Things.
Internet of Things (IoT) need components
and chips that can handle huge quantities of data.
In 2020, there will already be 50
billion industrial internet sensors in place all around us. A single autonomous
device - a smart watch, a cleaning
robot, or a driverless car - can produce gigabytes of data each day, whereas an
airbus may have over 10,000 sensors in one wing alone.
Current transistors in computer chips
must be miniaturised to the size of only few nanometres, and analysing and storing unprecedented amounts of data
will require huge amounts of energy.
Sayani Majumdar, from the Aalto University in Finland,
along with her colleagues, designed and fabricated the basic building blocks of
"neuromorphic" computers inspired by the human brain.
"The technology
and design of neuromorphic computing is advancing more rapidly than its rival
revolution, quantum computing," said Majumdar.
"The key is to
achieve the extreme energy-efficiency of a biological brain and mimic
the way neural networks process information through electric impulses,"
she said.
In a study published
in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, researchers showed how they have
fabricated a new breed of 'ferroelectric tunnel junctions', that is, few-nanometre-thick ferroelectric thin films
sandwiched between two electrodes.
They have abilities
beyond existing technologies and bode well for energy-efficient
and stable neuromorphic computing. The junctions work in low voltages of less
than five volts and with a variety of electrode materials – including silicon
used in chips in most of our electronics.
They also can retain data for more than 10 years without power
and be manufactured in normal conditions.
"Our junctions
are made out of organic hydro-carbon materials
and they would reduce the amount of toxic heavy metal waste in
electronics," said Majumdar.
"We can also
make thousands of junctions a day in room temperature without them suffering
from the water or oxygen in the air," she said.
"What we are
striving for now, is to integrate millions
of our tunnel junction memristors into a network on a one square centimetre area,"
she added.
"We can expect
to pack so many in such a small space because we have now achieved a
record-high difference in the current between on and off-states in the
junctions and that provides functional stability," Majumdar said.
"The memristors
could then perform complex tasks like image and
pattern recognition and make
decisions autonomously," she said.
======================================================
[ D ]
Technology
for a “ Mobile App which picks up the signals (
Digital Data re Currency Serial Number and face value ) from the RFID antennas
( using NFC / Blue Tooth ) and relay to government server “
This
technology already exists and almost all IoT devices use it . No issue here !
================================================
ADDITIONAL INPUTS :
25 March , 2016
Dear Mr. Parekh,
Yes, placing tags on
money has certainly been considered in the past.
I think it is a matter
of time before it happens.
I do agree with your
idea.
---------------------------------------------------------------
13 Nov 2016
Hi Hemen,
It can be brought down to about 3-5 cents with
scale.
Meanwhile check out a variant of the technology
which is cheaper:
Not
to be ignored, here is a technology ( of course , under development ) , which
could enable a Rs 2,000 / - currency note to “ announce “ ( loud enough for
everyone in the room to be able to hear ) as follows :
“
Hemen handing over a Rs 2000 note , bearing Serial Number
3EC 689605 to Prof. Ko “
http://hko.unist.ac.kr/ E-mail : hyunhko@unist.ac.kr / Tel: 052-217-2532
And do look up :
Following
are my past 48 emails
( to our Cabinet Ministers ) on this subject :
Currency
Notes for Visually impaired ? …………………………………………………….[
10 June 2018
]
#RFID
, A breakthrough , at last ? ……………………………………………………………[
06 June 2018
]
#ATM running dry ? …………………………………………………………………………… [ 17 April 2018
]
Back to Square One ?
…………………………………………………………………………. [
17 March 2018
]
Black
Money : Solution at last …………………………………………………………………….[
14 Jan 2018
]
8th
Nov : Anti Black Money Day ?.....................................................[
26 Oct 2017 ]
Reducing
Black Money : The Grand Strategy ?................................................[
26 July 2017 ]
To
Catch Black Money , Ask Google ? …………………………………………………………….[
13 Dec 2016 ]
Conundrum
? Chaos ? Catastrophe ? Cataclysm ? ……………………………………
[ 12 Dec 2016
]
For Want
of a Nail ……………………………………………………………………………………………….[
5 Dec 2016
]
A
Solicited Opinion
?.................................................................................................[
22 Nov 2016
]
Chakra
Viewh / 2016 AD……………………………………………………………………………………..[
16 Nov 2016
]
Embrace
the Inevitable…………………………………………………………………………………….
……[ 13 Nov 2016 ]
Oh !
For a Painless Birth………………………………………………………………………………………….[
12 Nov 2016 ]
One
Innovation would have sufficed ! .....................................................................[
11 Nov 2016 ]
Have
A Good Suggestion ? Send it to PM …………………………………………………………….[
08 Nov 2016 ]
Still
, there is Hope ……………………………………………………………………………………
………….. [ 06
Nov 2016 ]
Song
/ Dance / Retro Step ? ………………………………………………………………………………….[
21 Oct 2016 ]
Tip of the
Iceberg ? …………………………………………………………………………………………………..[
13 Oct 2016
]
A
Devil's Advocate ? …………………………………………………………………………………………………[
11 Oct 2016
]
Shall
We Follow or Lead ? ………………………………………………………………………………………..[
12 Sept 2016
]
It
is a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD, World ! ……………………………………………………………………[
28 Aug 2018 ]
1984 was
nothing ! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………[
23 Aug 2016
]
Help
! please , rescue me ! ……………………………………………………………………………………[
08 Aug 2016
]
Needed
: A 3 Month Plan for 3 C …………………………………………………………………………..[
30 July 2016
]
Silver
Lining Vs Missing Perspective ……………………………………………………………………….[
25 July 2016 ]
Fak - e –
Mon ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….[
17 July 2016 ]
Well
Begun is Half Done ! …………………………………………………………………………………………[14 July 2016
]
The
March of Algorithms ……………………………………………………………………………………………..[
05 July 2016 ]
Wealth of
India ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………[
08 June 2016 ]
Redesign
Banknotes For Black Money Management ……………………………………………[
20 May 2016 ]
One
Small Step for a Man ……………………………………………………………………………………….[
19 May 2016 ]
Currency
Maps of India ? ………………………………………………………………………………………….[
08 May 2016 ]
Transparency
: The Biggest Reform ……………………………………………………………………….[
01 May 2016 ]
Election
Season is Rumour Season …………………………………………………………………………[
12 April 2016 ]
Oracle
has spoken ………………………………………………………………………………
……………[ 25 Mar 2016
]
RFID
Tagging of Currency / Two Views …………………………………………………………………[
25 Mar 2016 ]
There
is a Simpler Way ! …………………………………………………………………………………………[
06 Mar 2016 ]
A
Tale of Two Tracking ! …………………………………………………………………………………………[
27 Feb 2016 ]
TRASH the CASH
? …………………………………………………………………………………………………….[
25 Feb 2016 ]
Does
this Ring a Bell ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………[
17 Feb 2016 ]
FOREVER
PROBING ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………….[16 Feb 2016
]
THIS
CANNOT BE TRUE ! ……………………………………………………………………………………………[
05 Feb 2016 ]
GLOBAL
CORRUPTION INDEX …………………………………………………………………………………..[
28 Jan 2016 ]
GOING
CASHLESS ? …………………………………………………………………………………………………….[
23 Jan 2016 ]
How
to conquer Corruption ? ………………………………………………………………………………….[
21 Dec 2015 ]
THEFTS
CAN BE OBSOLETE ! …………………………………………………………………………………..[
26 Nov 2015 ]
NETWORK
OF CURRENCY NOTES ? [ My
first E Mail on this subject ]…… ……………[ 03 Nov 2015 ]
Dear Shri Narendrabhai,
Your advantage over Xi Jinping is :
You are a democratically elected popular leader, elected with a
clear mandate to root out Corruption and Black Money
Whatever damage the “ De-monetization “ might have caused , here
is your chance to undo that , through my suggested “ Re-monetization “
At least , please ask the Science-Technology-Innovation
Advisory Council to initiate a discussion on the feasibility of my suggestion by
, convening a meeting of the Scientists / Researchers mentioned in this email
22 Oct 2018
www.hemenparekh.in /
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