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Qatar to attend Geneva International Exhibition for Innovation today

Published: 11 Apr 2018 - 11:03 am | Last Updated: 11 Nov 2021 - 04:51 am

The Peninsula

DOHA: The State of Qatar, represented by Qatar Scientific Club (QSC) of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, will participate in the Geneva International Exhibition for Innovation, which kicks off today and continues until April 15, with the participation of inventors from more than 40 countries around the world.

QSC Executive Director Hareb Al Jabri has said that QSC’s plan is to participate in the forums of inventions, whether local, regional or international, and Geneva International Exhibition for Innovation is among the important international exhibitions, which QSC has participated in and achieved good results.

He added that this participation is considered extensive, as QSC has six Qatari inventions, including an invention that participates on behalf of the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). He expressed hope that the Qatari delegation will achieve good results, especially that the criterion for choosing to participate in this international exhibition was to obtain the gold medal in the regional exhibitions.

Al Jabri explained that the QSC inventions participating in the exhibition are an interactive robot that provides innovative instructions for learning sign language for deaf children at an important stage of their development, by the Qatari inventor Mohammed Hassan Al Jafiri, and a project designed to monitor the health status of workers at their work sites, where the device connected to give an alert to the main device in the event of any problem to the worker, by innovator Rashid Al Mohannadi.

In addition, the project by the inventor Saleh Safran is an electronic safety valve used to prevent gas leakage, in the event of a leak, the device automatically shuts off the source of gas.

Also, QSC is also participating with the reservoir water cooler by the innovator Mohsen Hussein Al Shaikh and innovator Nasser Mohammed Al Marri is innovatively involved in making movable homes supported by interior furniture.

The Qatari invention, which participates on behalf of the General Secretariat of GCC, is an integrated system for fighting fire in vehicles by innovators Mohammed Al Mohannadi and Salem Al Shahwani.