Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Intel Awards Winner 2013

Ionut Budisteanu, 19, of Romania was awarded first place for using artificial intelligence to create a viable model for a low-cost, self-driving car at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public.

Ionut said his research addresses a major global issue. In 2004, car accidents caused 2.5 million deaths worldwide1, and 87 percent of crashes resulted from driver error2. With 3-D radar and mounted cameras, Ionut created a feasible design for an autonomously controlled car that could detect traffic lanes and curbs, along with the real-time position of the car -- and it would only cost $4,000. He received the Gordon E. Moore Award of $75,000, named in honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist

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Henry Lin, 17, of Shreveport, La. also received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award of $50,000. By simulating thousands of clusters of galaxies, Henry has provided scientists with valuable new data, allowing them to better understand the mysteries of astrophysics: dark matter, dark energy and the balance of heating and cooling in the universe's most massive objects.
 
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Eesha Khare is 18 years old, she starts college in the fall, and because of her, your next phone might charge in 30 seconds instead of 6 hours. Khare developed a super capacitor that is small enough to fit inside a phone. Super capacitors, which store lots of energy in a small space, are not new, but Khare's invention greatly improves on what's currently available, because her super capacitor charges mush more quickly, can theoretically be recharged 10,000 times, compared to 1,000 for a standard phone battery capacitor and is small enough to fit inside of a cell phone battery. It is also flexible enough to work on clothing and other non-flat surfaces.

"I developed a new supercapacitor, which is basically an energy storage device which can hold a lot of energy in a small amount of volume," Khare told KPIX 5.
 
Eesha Khare's invention could spark a technology and engineering revolution: battery life and charge speed are a major limiting factor with phones, computers and electric cars. Furthermore, the need to eventually replace the battery in fully electric cars makes cars such as the Tesla potentially less environmentally friendly than a hybird, like the Prius. A big upgrade in battery technology is what's needed to make the electric car the environmental slam dunk that many hope for.
 
More research and development is needed to get Eesha Khare's invention into your next phone, but a research breakthrough like this is just what's needed to get the mobile tech giants to invest in developing the first instantly (or close enough) charging phone.

Khare received $50,000 as an award from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The best news of all? Khare's invention didn't even take first place. That went to Ionut Budisteanu, 19, of Romania, who Intel said used "artificial intelligence to create a viable model for a low-cost, self-driving car."
May these amazing kids go onto long careers of inventing more amazing devices, and may your next car be electric, fast-charging and self-driving.

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