Makosinski created a flashlight powered by the heat radiating from her hand, which won her a Google Science Fair award.
2. Jack Andraka, 16, Inexpensive Cancer Detection
Andraka created a paper that’s sensitive to a specific protein in urine
that is elevated in early stages of pancreatic cancer. The best part?
It’s so cheap and easy to produce that it may soon be available over the
counter.
3. Eric Jacqmain, 19, Solar “Death Ray”
Using over 5,000 mirrors, Jacqmain created a highly focused solar “laser” that can burn through nearly any surface.
4. Andrew Brackin, 19, Parking App
Brackin’s app, Spot, allows people to rent out their driveway at an
hourly rate — perfect for people looking for space in areas where street
parking is a jungle, like San Francisco.
5. Nick D’Aloisio, 15, Summly
D’Aloisio created Summly, an app that automatically summarizes long-form
articles, which was bought by Yahoo for an undisclosed sum when
D’Aloisio was 17.
6. Elif Bilgin, 16, Banana Bioplastic
Bilgin created a plastic out of discarded banana peels that is both
cheaper and more eco-friendly than traditional petroleum plastics.
7. Jen Lamere, 17, Twivo
Lamere’s app acts as a pause button for TV spoilers. Tweets pertaining
to a live event can be delayed, and they’ll show up at the top of the
tweet stream after the event has concluded.
8. Viney Kumar, 14, App for Ambulances
Kumar’s app, PART, increases the time drivers have to react to
approaching ambulances to 67 seconds from 7 seconds, on average. This
drastically decreases the chance that an ambulance will be delayed or
halted by traffic.
9. Sean McElrath, 17, KickAsk
McElrath is the mind behind KickAsk, a website students can use to
crowdsource answers to their homework, but only if they build up credit
by answering other questions.
10. Brian Wong, 19, Kiip
Wong, third in from the left, founded Kiip (an app that allows
advertisers to offer rewards and prizes to mobile gamers) when he was 19
and then became employed full-time at Digg.
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