Young talent competitionWinner of 'Jugend forscht 2018' chosen
The winners of the national final of 'Jugend forscht 2018' have been announced: at the end of May, Federal Education Minister Anja Karliczek presented the awards to the talented youngsters. The winners from technology, computer science, earth and space sciences and physics, including special prize winners, in a photo gallery.
When inline skating or in motor sports - protectors protect the back, shoulders and joints, which is particularly important in the event of a fall. Protective equipment is usually made of rigid plastic and therefore restricts the athlete's freedom of movement. Not so the protector from Anna Fleck and Adrian Fleck: it consists of a soft silicone shell filled with a starchy liquid. This solidifies into a solid when a lot of force is applied, providing reliable protection against injuries. The siblings not only used and optimized the unusual, so-called non-Newtonian property of the starchy liquid, they also developed a measuring apparatus with which they compared the effectiveness of their 'FleckProtec' with that of commercially available products. The siblings were awarded the German Chancellor's prize for the most original work.