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| My name is Alexander Deans, and I am in Grade 9 at Academie Ste. Cecile International School, Windsor, ON. I love playing many sports, including soccer, hockey, tennis, volleyball, sailing, and skiing. I also play the acoustic guitar and piano. I enjoy working with animals, and I have a bearded dragon. I recently competed in the International Children's Games in Kelowna, B.C., against youth from over 14 countries around the world! |
| Alexander Deans
iBELT: Training the Ear to See!
| Défi: | Innovation | | Catégorie: | Intermédiaire | | Région: | Windsor | | Ville: | Windsor, ON | | École: | Academie Ste. Cecile International | | Sommaire: | An inexpensive novel, user-carried device (iBELT) was created to map the visually impaired user’s environment using four ultrasonic sensors. Distances to obstacles were converted to audible frequencies, forming a “sound map”. Twenty volunteers and a retinitis pigmentosa patient were tested on an obstacle course while navigating blindly, with one sensor, and the iBELT. The iBELT improves safety and speed, and is the most efficient device. |
| Prix | Valeur | Prix d'excellence - Intermédiaire
Médaille d'argent
Sponsor: Sciences jeunesse Canada | 700,00 $ | Bourse d’études de Western University
Médaillé d’argent - Bourse d'admission de 2 000 $
Sponsor: Université Western | 2 000,00 $ | | Total | 2 700,00 $ | |
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