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1997 Winners
Grades 10-12
First Place
The Artificial Vision Restoration System (AVReS) - Eye Of The Future
Incorporating smart hydrogels, amorphous silicon photoreceptors, signal processing hardware and tissue scaffolding, AVReS is a highly advanced prosthetic eye.
University Laboratory High School
Urbana, IL
Second Place
Magnetorheological Fluids In Automotive Applications
New fluids for transmission systems and alternators result in simpler, more streamlined operation as well as potential fuel savings.
University Of Detroit Jesuit High School
Detroit, MI
New Arms And Legs
Carbon fibers achieve new standards of performance and comfort in prosthetic limbs, while electrodes allow "intuitive control."
Lowell High School
San Francisco, CA
Grades 7-9
First Place
ORACLE: Optical Revolution And Contact Lens Enhancement
A cure for most forms of blindness, ORACLE re-creates the optical nerve and connects it to a prosthetic contact lens.
Central School Of Science
Anchorage, AK
Second Place
M&M'S: Magnetic Medicines Buckyball Therapy In The 21st Century
Buckyballs -- geodesic dome-shaped carbon molecule atoms -- dispense medicine with pinpoint accuracy thanks to a magnetic control system.
Vancouver Talmud Torah Elementary School
Vancouver, BC
RST - Rapid Salmonella Tester
The size of a wallet, the RST contains everything necessary to check food for Salmonella antigens.
John Burroughs School
St. Louis, MO
Grades 4-6
First Place
The Trash Tummy - Digesting Garbage For A Healthy Planet
Much like a digestive system, this device extracts nutrients from garbage and converts the remainder into fuels or fertilizers.
Cross Street Elementary School
Williston Park, NY
Second Place
Robo-Buoy
Sonar and laser technologies let Robo Buoy locate swimmers in distress and get them safely to shore.
Holmes Elementary School
San Diego, CA
Mission Impossible
Biometric scanners read thumbprints to open student lockers, so forcing padlocks open becomes "Mission Impossible."
Clara Byrd Elementary School
Williamsburg, VA
Grades K-3
First Place
Kid Watch
This satellite-connected timepiece helps keep kids in their "Safety Zone." It also features a special emergency button.
Sacred Heart Academy
Mt. Pleasant, MI
Second Place
Meal-O-Meter: The Future Food Reader
A scanner uses infrared rays to analyze and quantify food content to give diabetics and others precise readouts of food ingredients.
Mandeville Elementary School
Mandeville, LA
Microwave Lunch Kit
Hot lunches can be personalized thanks to this kit, which contains a miniature battery-operated microwave oven.
Read-Turrentine Elementary School
Silsbee, TX