Animal ScienceSelf Inking Pen

A Hypothesis

Submitted By:

Sukriti SinghBTBM/13/242A0523113081

Sec D, Sem 3Amity Institute of Biotechnology

Amity University, Noida

Submitted To &Inspired By:Dr. S. S. LahiriProf. EmeritusFormer Scientist & Jt. Director, DRDO

Scientific Methodsused are: • Observation

• Identification of Problem

• Scientific Literature

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Designing

• Experiments

Observation

It is generally seen that people refill the pen at regular intervals.

Which is a tedious and a time wasting task!

Todays world need speed thus, refilling can costs our valuable time.

In Examination timing and speed matters

One pen can serve the purpose of many coloured inks.

Identification of Problem

Refilling

•Pens are being refills available in the market.

•Or don’t have to buy new use and throw pens –causes Bio Magnification.

Discard

•Discarding the normal use and throw pens are difficult because more than 80% of pens used are made up of plastics.

•It should be easy to discard the pens if broken.

Environmental Impacts

•There should be no damage to the environment.

Cost Effective and Easy Marketing

•Should be affordable by the user.

Beautiful art work being spoiled

Ink stains harder to clean.

Challenges

Ink provider

Biomaterialsto be used

Designing of Pen

Ink Provider

The major problem which arises is that what could be the sources for providing ink to the pens?

There were certain Scientific Literature available on internet which gave me an idea about the ink sources.Probably, there were two sources available which I found interesting to work on for this purpose.

Scientific Literature available

The two things of providing ink I want work on and sounded interesting were – Ink produced from cephalopods in defence and certain coloured algae.

One of the most distinctive and defining features of coleoid cephalopods—squid, cuttlefish and octopus—is their inking behaviour. Their ink, which is blackened by melanin, but also contains other constituents, has been used by humans in various ways for millennia.

The ink that we use in fountain pens or ball-point pens today bears little resemblance to octopus ink. In it's simplest form, the ink we write with is a pigment or dye and a binder.

There is one ink that is related to cephalopods: the historical artists' ink sepia, one of the brown inks used by artists for their pen and ink drawings. Sepia is a red-brown ink made from the ink sacs of cuttlefish, which are dried and ground to a fine powder, then mixed with shellac. (The ink takes is name from the cuttlefish species Sepia officinalis.) This ink came into use in the eighteenth century and was quite popular in the nineteenth century. It is sometimes difficult to identify a true sepia ink drawing, since other brown inks were in use as well. True sepia ink is still available from specialized artists' supply houses on the Internet.

My hypothetical approach

The cells producing and manufacturing this ink could be isolated, cloned and allowed to divide continuously so as to provide the continuous source of ink to the pen.

This could be attained by attaining these ink producing cells with cancerous cells and allowed to grow.

These cells could be carefully incorporated around the periphery of the pens body and the ink could be made to extract once the user click the button by using few ink extractors.

Extractors used have to be researched, because I could not find enough satisfying scientific literature available as The extractors used should be cheap, easily available and perhaps recyclable inside the pens body.

Scientific Literature available

The second approach I want to make is with the colour producing algae.

This again could be done with the above same method, but instead we can provide a hostile envt. To the growth of algae, the only need left would be water.

The algae now could be allowed to grow with the instant colour extractors.

Extractors diffusing out on clicking the pen.

AcknowledgementThis work would not have been possible without the constant motivation given by my Animal Science teacher – Dr. S. S. Lahiri who believed in me and my innovation more than I believed in myself. Thank you sir, for such a belief.

More immediately, there are many people who have at one time or another given invaluable encouragement, support or advice. It is not possible to acknowledge all, except to mention a few early examples when this work was at its very beginning

This hypothesis and Outlay of Plan would not have been possible without my Friends. Through their cheerful acceptance they have made it possible for me to combine this research with the hectic schedule of the semester studies, workshops and conferences.

This was possible with the encouragement of my parents and brother and with the will of God.

Thank You

ThankYou!!