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Winners of the Science Factor competition, two high school girls from Eure have invented a clean vehicle

2021-05-29T13:29:28.157Z


Seven prizes were awarded on Wednesday to students from all over France for their innovations, such as “fall protection” slippers for seniors or


We can say that Flavie and Océane have energy to spare!

These two students from the Lycée Les Fontenelles in Louviers, in the Eure region, have designed a prototype of a clean vehicle for which they have just been distinguished by Science Factor, a competition open for ten years to middle and high school students.

Like them, five other teams were awarded Wednesday evening for their “innovative solutions”.

“We are very happy.

We still don't believe it.

We thought that this project was unfeasible ”, loose Océane, the team manager.

Their invention, the size of a toy but reproducible in real dimensions, consists of combining two clean energy sources: solar and hydrogen via biomass, that is to say organic matter transformed into energy.

“Hydrogen is used to run the vehicle, it takes the place of diesel or gasoline.

Solar panels can be added if the vehicle lacks them.

If it's gray or it's raining, solar could be used to drive up to 30 km / h using features like opening windows and centralization.

Beyond this speed, hydrogen would take over.

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The prototype car developed by Océane and Flavie.

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Aged 16, Océane and Flavie are respectively in Première and Seconde, but it is from middle school that they are put on the path of competitions by a teacher who notes their boredom in class and their need to explore new things. “One day in the middle of the night, I woke up with this idea of ​​a dual-energy car,” says Océane. I wrote it down on a piece of paper and fell asleep again. The next morning, I offered it to Flavie who validated it. We both thought it was crazy. With the help of two engineering science professors, they took over the high school robotics workshop, explored the art of programming and printed circuits. Now rewarded in the Energy category, they should be supported by the competition's partners, such as Engie,to refine the hydrogen part of their little gem.

Help the autistic or the most disadvantaged

This is not a prize won on Wednesday evening by four 3rd year students from Jean-Brunet college in Avignon, in the Vaucluse, but two! Two like the “fall protection” slippers for seniors invented by the “3D Shoes” team, having made the sad observation that, each year, two million people over 65 were victims of this type of accident. Made using the 3D printer in their class, the slippers adapt to the dimensions of everyone's foot. An infrared sensor can identify obstacles and emit a vibration. “We really think that if people wear them in their homes, they won't fall anymore,” says 14-year-old team leader Elisa. " One is happy. Our work has resulted in something. "Their ambition now:" To market these slippers and create a real brand. "

A 3D printed fall protection liner.

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Another innovation, developed at the Jean-Moulin college in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), is aimed this time at everyone.

Winner of the Digital Orange award, the “Wastefood” team has developed a mobile application that sends a notification to the user when the expiration date of a product is approaching.

It offers recipe ideas or locates associations near to which to make donations.

“We found that many people around us were throwing food away for the simple reason that their expiry date had expired.

We said to ourselves, why not create an application that will alert us, ”explains Maïssa, 14, who is leading the project.

As for all the other candidate groups, it is therefore a girl who was appointed to lead the team, a requirement of Science Factor in order to encourage young ladies to turn to scientific and technical fields. What the interested party approves: “I live it well, because I have always liked being a team leader. I offer work to each member. I like to divide up the work to be done. I think it's good to tell the girls to do it, because it's often the boys. "

Maïssa college is particularly involved in competitions, since it won a prize in 2017 for a system of red and green LEDs framing a dangerous pedestrian crossing in front of the establishment. It will be inaugurated soon. This year, another team from the Le Havre college, handivalide (including a member with a disability), won a prize for its application which helps autistic people to communicate and create a network of friends. In Paris, 3rd year students saw their gaming application to educate young boys about street harassment rewarded. In Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes), a team of Seconde students was also awarded for its interactive terminal intended for the most disadvantaged. It helps locate organizations that can help them.

Source: leparis

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