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| Deven - My name is Deven Marrero. I live in South Surrey, BC and I am a grade eight student at SAIL Academy. I have always been interested in science and technology and in my spare time I like to build small robots, program with Arduino, and design in 3D. I believe I will find a career related to one of these areas. Another thing I do in my spare time is Track and Field. I am a provincial champion in throwing, specifically in hammer and javelin. The inspiration for the Autoparkade project came when my mom was late for a business lunch because she couldn't find parking within a few blocks and was left driving around aimlessly. Further steps that I would take with my project would be to make it more efficient and reliable as well as to investigate getting it implemented as a real product. Some advice that I would give to students thinking about doing a science fair project, particularly an invention, is to find a problem that either you or other people suffer from and then try to solve it in the most creative way | | Mikko - My name is Mikko Lorico, and I am one of the contributors to the AutoParkade science project. I am 14 years old and currently enrolled in SAIL, which is a school in Surrey, B.C., that focuses on advanced education. I plan on becoming an engineer in the future at UBC, though I'm not sure yet. Currently, in my free time, I am trying to learn more unique skills such as 3D modelling, video editing, and coding with Arduino. I'm really interested in design, so while my partner, Deven, coded the model, I tasked myself to design our poster board, write the script, and design our model. We were inspired to create our idea when Deven noticed how frustrated and late his mom was to work because of the current parking method, so we decided to fix this problem. In the end, our system turned out very well, but even still, there is still much we would like to add, such as a more informative display and realistic model. My advice for other students if they are thinking about doing a project would be to plan a schedule for your project ahead of time, to make sure you don't get stressed/behind. |
| Deven Marrero, Mikko Lorico
AutoParkade: Could this solve long parking wait times?
| Challenge: | Innovation | | Category: | Junior | | Region: | South Fraser | | City: | Surrey, BC | | School: | Surrey Academy of Innovative Learning | | Abstract: | It is a pretty well-known that parking in big cities, weekends, or just busy areas in general is a real pain sometimes, and yet there hasn’t been a true solution. That is why we invented a more efficient parking system, which we named as AutoParkade. With this system, each driver is assigned their own spot in advance, greatly reducing roaming times and boosting overall efficiency. |
| Awards | Value | Excellence Award - Junior
Silver Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | | Western University Scholarship
Silver Medallist - $2000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University | $2 000.00 | | Total | $2 000.00 | |
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