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.
Second place in the technology category this year went to Jonathan Fulcher and Luis KLeinwort. In their eyes, the standard remote controls for quadrocopters - civilian mini drones with four rotors - are still too unwieldy. They therefore developed an alternative. The basis for this is a y-shaped wooden rod to which several LEDs are attached in a row. The pair also placed a smartphone with a camera on board their self-built quadrocopter, which they equipped with image recognition software that they programmed themselves. This recognizes the LEDs on the wooden pole during the flight and aligns the drone accordingly. This means that even inexperienced pilots can perform flight maneuvers - simply by moving the "magic wand" back and forth with one hand.