| Biography |
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| My name is Lucas Hilden, I am a grade 8 student from West Hants Middle School. I was born in Oshawa, Ontario but I grew up in Falmouth, Nova Scotia. My favorite thing to do outside of school is to play and compete in hockey and baseball. In my house, I live with my parents and my younger sister, Addison. I also have 2 cats and a dog. I was inspired to do this project by my grandfather. He has Alzheimer’s and often has trouble recognizing faces. I felt that if I was him or any of the other people who have this problem I would not like that. This is why I decided to create my device. If anyone is thinking about doing a science fair project, I would definitely say do it. There are so many great things to go along with your project, learning a lot of new things for your own project and others. |
| Lucas Hilden
The New Solution for Facial Blindness
| Challenge: | Innovation | | Category: | Junior | | Region: | Annapolis Valley | | City: | Falmouth, NS | | School: | West Hants Middle School | | Abstract: | There is a disease called prosopagnosia or otherwise known as facial blindness. Other disease's like Alzheimer's and Dementia have the same type of facial recognition issues as prosopagnosia. In my project, I am creating a revolutionary device that uses facial recognition to be the first ever aid for all of the people with problems recognizing faces. |
| Awards | Value | Excellence Award - Junior
Gold Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | | Challenge Award - Innovation
Junior
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | | Western University Scholarship
Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University | $4 000.00 | | Total | $4 000.00 | |
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