FEATURES The Makeys: Winners
method for turning a small amount of DNA
into a large amount of DNA so you have more
material to analyze. By adding fluorescent dye
and watching how samples react to light, you
can identify whether genes, like Covid-19, are
present.
For the Hisakawas, getting their 2-year
labor of love working was a global effort, from
an optics expert in Kathmandu to a Chinese
company in Guangdong helping with custom
heaters and optical filters. “Everyone over
the world can solve gene-related problems
by making tools, and designing biosensors
by themselves in the open-source circle.”
1st Prize, Social Iact
$2,500 prize
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CODED BREATH — A NON-INVASIVE
DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH Caleb Kodama
Inspired by a childhood bout with a difficult-
to-diagnose case of fungal pneumonia, high
school student Caleb Kodama is developing
an AI-powered diagnostic tool to help others
diagnose the condition. An artificial lung
simulates real-world breathing while an array
of sensors and a trained AI model act as an
electronic nose to sniff out the simulated fungal
particles (aka essential oils during testing).
“Effectively, my artificial lung breathes
in the synthesized fungal pneumonia and
breathes out to the E-Nose that confirms
a fungal pneumonia diagnosis.”
Community Choice Award
$1,500
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NIKOLA TESLA INTERACTIVE
ANIMATRONIC BUST Daniel Springwald
Intrigued after reading a biography of Nikola
Tesla, Daniel Springwald decided to build
this interactive animatronic bust to spread
the word about the ahead-of-his-time
inventor. Servomotors control movement of
the head, eyes, and mouth, while a webcam
and microphone capture questions. An AIML
chatbot sends responses to a text-to-speech
program to keep the conversation going.
Young Maker Award $1,000
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IC4U3 Selin Alara Ornek
IC4U is a prototype robot guide dog to help people
with visual impairments. Currently in its third
iteration from 16-year-old Selin Alara Ornek,
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