Winners of the Millennium Innovation Competition Revealed
The natural sciences, engineering, and technological fields are often referred to as the fields of the future, but if we look at the recent pace of human development, it is safe to say that STEM is present and its popularization is essential.
The Millennium Innovation Competition, supported by the US Embassy with the support of the US Embassy, serves to strengthen these areas. From 2014 to date, the competition has given the opportunity to up to 2000 young people to implement innovative ideas and projects.
This year the project had 11 finalist teams - they are developing projects in space and aviation, robotics, mobile technologies and applications, education, environment and many more. These teams are BRAINS, Elves, W.A.T, Qminds, Memory Effect, Four Cucumbers, Winning Masters, Green Future, SoSSer Group, Isotopes and Goal Digger. The first-place team is participating in the training program of NASA Space Center University in the USA, at the Houston Space Center. Second and third place teams also participate in international STEM projects, while other finalist teams are awarded various prizes.
It should be noted that for several years now, TBC has been a partner of the competition, with the financial support of which the winning teams from the past years traveled to the United States and participated in the training program of NASA Space Center University. TBC is an unwavering supporter of the competition this year as well and it is setting a scholarship for the selected team.
The final of the Millennium Innovation Competition was held on January 12 this year, where the winners were revealed and awarded.
The third-place team, Goal Digger, created "Robot Teacher" - an innovative virtual and real robot teacher that can be used as a teacher assistant "colleague". It helps the student to master letters, colors, figures, symbols.
In second place was the team Memory Effect, which created a "smart suit" using the substance nitinol. It fixes the movement of the human body and moves the limbs by conducting current in nitinol.
The main prize of the competition - a trip to the NASA Summer Camp in the United States, and the first place was won by the team Elves. The task of their project is to clean indoor air from viruses, bacteria, spores and dust particles. To do this, they assemble a low-voltage air ionizer using carbon nanofibers.
According to Elves member Mariam Mikadze, her and her teammates' experience during the competition was enhanced. "Our team has grown, given us the opportunity to talk to jury members, Millennium Foundation staff, present our project, listen to their opinion and we can say with confidence that this project gives us everything a young person full of innovation needs and loves."
The Millennium Innovation Competition is funded by the US Embassy and in collaboration with the Department of Education and Science and the NASA Space Center.