'Invent a Chip 2017' school competitionChip ideas for the mobility of the future selected
Over 2,000 students submitted their microchip ideas to the 'Invent a Chip 2017' competition on the topic of 'New Mobility'. The VDE and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have now honored the four most original ideas in Munich.
This year's special prize of 2,000 euros from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research goes to Florian Winkler (18) from Werner-von-Siemens Gymnasium Großenhain. His project combines technology and nature so that plants can grow fully automatically under the optimal conditions for them. His chip controls the specially developed greenhouse. "It consists of an aluminum tray containing the soil, irrigation, ventilation and humidity sensor. It also has a Plexiglas roof on which a ventilation flap, a carbon dioxide sensor and the LED lighting are mounted," he explains.