Young Inventors Recognised at the GEMS Innovation Awards 2017
Over 200 of the brightest minds from across the GEMS Education network were honoured at the GEMS Innovation Honors ceremony on 8 May 2017.
The awards, held at GEMS Nations Academy were spread out throughout three classifications - Global Innovation Challenge, GEMS Arab Innovation Centre for Education (AICE) Accelerator Program, and GEMS Network Innovation Awards.
The Global Innovation Challenge took place previously this year where students from worldwide were welcomed to send prototypes using future-focused technologies such as 3D printing, robotics and nanotechnology. The pupils were introduced champions throughout different groups such as Calamity Resilience, Environment, Energy, Food, Health, Learning, Security, Prosperity, Governance, Space, Shelter and Water.
The top three winners of the Challenge will have the chance to offer their projects at the Singularity University Global Summit in Silicon Valley, California between 13 and 15 August 2017.
The three winning groups were PowerShoe from GEMS Millennium School Sharjah, ALID from GEMS Our Own English Secondary school - Dubai and Government from Our Own English High School - Sharjah, Boys' Branch. PowerShoe is a changed footwear that creates electrical energy by strolling and could bill your cellphone in simply 500 actions. ALID, installed in a car's steering wheel, makes use of infrared and iris scanning technology to spot the driver's blood alcohol level and does not turn on the ignition if detected above an established limit. Government utilizes automated 3D printing to produce low-cost, interconnected housing for refugees.
Dino Varkey, Chief Executive Officer, GEMS Education, claimed: "The future is advancing at an exponential rate. As the leading instructor in the region, it is essential that we equip our students with the essential abilities as this generation truly has the potential to transform the world.
"The awards have provided a platform for our students to believe outside package and carry out tasks that could favorably influence lives, areas and the society by addressing our most pressing obstacles. These honors are a testament of the ability and skills that our trainees possess. I would love to congratulate all the participants and winners for their accomplishment and efforts," added Dino.
The AICE Accelerator Program held over March and April gave pupils with economic and non-financial support and mentoring to build client and development oriented business plans around their products. The programme culminated in the AICE Demo Day, where each team pitched to the region's leading modern technology equity capital firms and capitalists.
Mythri Muralikannan, a grade seven student at The Centuries School, Dubai was stated the GEMS Young Trendsetter of the Year for pioneering the technology-driven concept of enhancing safety in school buses by installing 3-D motion sensors that find activity once the engine is switched off and doors are secured. Her prototype has existed to the Roadway and Transportation Authority (RTA) and School Transport Solutions (STS) who have consented to pilot her technology in their buses.
Mythri obtained AED 10,000 as cash prize in addition to 10 hours to use on the TeachMeNow online tutoring platform and YEAR of continuous assistance from GEMS Education and the network/partners to further fine-tune her product and take it to market.
Four students from the Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi were announced champions of the Global DECA challenge - an energising, experiential exercise that tests primary university student worldwide, to produce an innovative and lasting new use for a commonplace item.
In a similar way, Abu Dhabi Maker Day, kept in April gave a variety of student-led activities from producing scribbler robotics to programmable Legos, style instilled with technology, art screens, community action displays, music efficiencies, and an expedition of the planetary system inside the GEMS American Academy planetarium.
Students from GEMS World Academy were recognised for winning the Phillip Harris STEM Competitors for their "GEMS Jarvis Academy" project, a totally self-sufficient school design that could operate on an Island in the South Pacific. They had won AED 5,000 worth of STEM packages for their school. Students from the GEMS Astronomy Program and the GEMS Astronomy Program were additionally acknowledged and awarded at the ceremony.
A total amount of 247 GEMS students were awarded at the ceremony.
