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14-Year-Old Genius Solves Blind Spots
Using some relatively inexpensive and readily available technology you can find at any well-stocked electronics store, Alaina Gassler, a 14-year-old inventor from West Grove, Pennsylvania, came up with a clever way to eliminate the blind spot created by the thick pillars on the side of a car's windshield.
Gassler's actually too young to have a driver's license in most states and has never experienced the frustration of trying to see around those pillars while driving, but that didn't stop her from tackling a problem that automakers have largely ignored. Her solution involves installing an outward-facing webcam on the outside of a vehicle's windshield pillar, and then projecting a live feed from that camera onto the inside of that pillar. Custom 3D-printed parts allowed her to perfectly align the projected image so that it seamlessly blends with what a driver sees through the passenger window and the windshield, essentially making the pillar invisible.
Her invention was part of a project called "Improving Automobile Safety by Removing Blind Spots," which Gassler presented at this year's Society for Science and the Public's Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars) science and engineering competition. (It's basically a next-level science fair minus the cheesy papier-mâché volcanoes.) Her ingenuity was enough to earn her the competition's top honor, the Samueli Foundation Prize, which also netted Gassler $25,000.
A YouTube video of this invention in use is available.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday November 03 2019, @03:27PM (1 child)
What is it like to be so weak that an autistic teenager sends you into paroxysms of asspained ranting on the internet? Especially because she's correct? :)
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @01:15AM
Miss Greta isn't correct about her concern regarding climate change. Her knowledge comes from people who also don't know the details of what they say about climate change.
Prof. Richard Lindzen confirms that the climate alarm is based on bogus science - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UEx_XqT3rE [youtube.com]