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.
... '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.