'Invent a Chip 2018' school competitionChip ideas for digitization in everyday life
Over 2,000 schoolchildren across Germany submitted their microchip ideas to the 'Invent a Chip 2018' competition. The four most original of these have now been chosen by the VDE and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
... 'Special Prize of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research'. This went to Patrick Bär (18), Luca Beetz (17), Josias Neumüller (16) and Marcel Schöckel (16) from Markgraf-Georg-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Kulmbach. They want to avoid back pain caused by a straining sitting posture and have developed a microchip-based "seat sensor" for this purpose. "With the help of various sensors, it recognizes whether you are sitting crooked or bent," explains the team. A vibration motor attached to the back is activated to alert the wearer to the bent sitting posture.