Hello again!

On the 14^th of July, we had our first brainstorming and creative session. With immense care, Dhairya Pujara of Ycenter, hurled appropriate and influential verbs all the while behaving as our mentor to help us reach a particular plan of action and understand the different perspectives of our research. His mind is truly that of an Entrepreneur.

We held the meeting at the Drexel Hagerty Library. Rain had started suddenly and, surprisingly enough, grew to an annoying intensity in just minutes. I had reserved a room for the three of us beforehand and realized on arrival that it had one of those walls that can be written on. I cannot express the satisfaction one gets whilst being able to express oneself by visibly desecrating a library wall.

Dhairya had a lot to say to us. We learned, not only the importance of research, but the importance of the right kind of research. After the meeting many things were clearer in our minds. Our product definitely has potential. A few things we need to do before we delve into the minor details are the market competition, the kinds of already existing technology and, of course, making our product have that special something that sets it apart from the others. Sachin and I have many tricks up our sleeves, so we’re not worrying about that as much.

Stay updated with our latest proceedings at this blog! Thank you!

- Raj

Hi!
Welcome to Solata Tek (where great things happen)!

This blog is organized and handled by Sachin Gandhi and Rishiraj Mathur, currently wasting their time at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. Sachin Gandhi is a Biomedical Engineering sophomore and Rishiraj Mathur is a Mechanical Engineering one.

 Solata Tek, is basically a duo that started at Benjamin’s Desk in Philly. At an impactathon organized by Ycenter, our first product was born. Combining inspiration from many things ranging from Africa, the energy crises and my Candy Crush addiction, we thought of and created a simple kit in 48 hours, that could charge your phone. For this simple gadget we were awarded the second prize. This eventually made us decide towards taking our model and pushing it to unthinkable limits.

That one weekend was probably the most fun I had in a long time. I realized that, in college, satiating an engineer’s thirst for scientific knowledge cannot be successfully achieved by the mundane curriculum or the dormant clubs and organizations on campus. Our minds need something more.

Ycenter provided us with the perfect opportunity and within 48 hours, Sachin Gandhi and I were able to design a low cost cell phone charger that was powered by the Sun.

For us, the sky is the limit (pun intended). We believe that our thoughts, ideas and notions are all pure gold. Because of which, we believe we can make a change. And if we can make a change, believe me, anybody can make a change. All we have to do is ‘do’.

Solata is an amalgamation of two different Portuguese words; 'Sol' meaning Sun and 'Lata' meaning Can. Being of Indian origins, we figured we can afford to go ahead with that. Our product's simplicity is in its design. A can is used as the basic support and structure. Hence, the name. We could have made it a little more convoluted but that is just not our slant.

- Raj