Contest Encourages Inventing
Somewhere on Vancouver Island, a young inventor is working on a device to help people with hand tremors write more clearly.
Another is dreaming up a contraption to measure the speed of sports projectiles.
And still another young inventor is developing a listening device which will pick up faint voices in noisy rooms.
These are some of the creations which have been entered in the University of Victoria’s Innovation and Development Corporation’s first invention contest.
The deadline for the contest, sponsored by Telus, is Jan. 31. It’s open to all students at Vancouver Island high schools and student, faculty and staff at UVic, Camosun College, Royal Roads University, Malaspina University College and North Island College.
Contestants are eligible for $20,000 worth of prizes for best invention, best software concept, best food and beverage idea, best sports concept and best high school invention. There is also a people’s choice award.
Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges with experience in technology evaluation and product development. The prize winners will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 28. Prizes for high school students include a voucher for a semester of tuition at Camosun College.
For more information go here.
cassy on December 14th, 2008 4:08 pm
Wow! this is a great idea,encouraging young people likes tudents in making new invention is a good thing, for them to be more creative, and they can also express their ideas of inventing new products that they can offer to the people that are usedful.and maybe because of this contest we can discover another great inventor. for the contestant prize is not important.what is the most important is, they bring their ideas to the public making a new invention.
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