Launch of 'Invent a Chip 2020'Good ideas wanted

"Who has the best idea for a microchip?" is the task for the 'Invent a Chip' school competition initiated by the VDE and BMBF for the 19th time. Young talents who enjoy technology, science and mathematics are in demand.

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The Invent-a-Chip prizewinners Tilmann Bruns, Fabian Eich and Justus Kaufmann with the innovative patient stretcher they have developed
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... was awarded by the jury to Tilmann Bruns (15), Fabian Eich (16) and Justus Kaufmann (16) from Gymnasium Lindlar. The students have developed an innovative ambulance stretcher for fast and gentle transportation in an ambulance. "We are presenting an ambulance model with a movable stretcher that prevents the patient from slipping during the journey. When the ambulance accelerates or brakes, on slopes and in bends, the stretcher is tilted in such a way that no horizontal acceleration acts on the patient," is how the team describes its concept.

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