'Invent a Chip 2018' school competitionIdeas wanted for the jobs of the day after tomorrow
How will digitalization, robotics and artificial intelligence change people's everyday lives? How and what will the next generation work on? The new round of the 'Invent a Chip' school competition organized by the BMBF and the VDE is looking into these questions.
Philipp Grube (18) from Immanuel-Kant-Gymnasium in Bad Oeynhausen won first prize of 3,000 euros for his toilet of the future. In public toilet facilities, digital access controls with automated entry and exit prevent congestion in the toilet room. The doors open without touching the door handles and the washbasins are also sensor-controlled. "Above all, this results in a higher standard of hygiene, optimized privacy and a high level of user-friendliness," he says. Second place, worth 2,000 euros, went to ...