Volume 9, Number 4, May 2018
SciFest Ezine
SciFest Where Creativity meets Innovation
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
SciFest Student Wins Top Award at Intel ISEF 2018 Aaron Hannon from St Muredach's College, Co Mayo (currently studying Engineering at Trinity College, Dublin) was awarded a First Place in Embedded Systems at Intel ISEF 2018 which was held in the D H Lawrence Convention Centre in Pittsburgh, May 13-18.
SciFest and Intel ISEF……...............2 A Guide to Organising a SciFest@School................ ……….…..3 Smart Futures - Link ……….………...3 ‘At SciFest, We Felt Like Scientists’
Aaron's project was inspired by his late grandfather who suffered a stroke
By Janet Williams Oshun, TY, St Mary’s College,
in 2003. As a result of the stroke Aaron's grandfather was unable to
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shave himself without help. Aaron wanted to help his grandfather and set about designing a shaving device for people with limited hand dexterity.
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SciFest 2018 Special Moments..…....5
The device Aaron designed and built automatically shaves the user’s face, which removes the need for users to have the hand control required for shaving. The device can be controlled by voice commands from a mobile
Dates for Your Diary…………..……….6
phone app, which connects to the device via Bluetooth, allowing the user
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to have complete control over their shaving routine without outside assistance. The device sits on the user’s head like a pair of headphones and
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has a visor which carries the razor up and down around the user’s face. Congratulations to Aaron on his success at Intel ISEF 2018. Congratulations also to his teacher Kevin Boyle who is now teaching in Rosses Community School, Dungloe, Co. Donegal.
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