He’s won $10,000, a Dell laptop powered by Intel™, and a trip to Boston to see his design built.
Meet Max!
About his invention:
The Home Dome is a makeshift dwelling in the shape of a Mongolian yurt. Made of packing peanuts stuffed into plastic grocery bags, it gives a new use to bulky and difficult-to-dispose of packing peanuts. The Home Dome includes a built-in bed that anchors the structure to the ground using the weight of the person inside. To learn more about Max’s invention, click here.
About Max:
Favorite subjects:
Overall: Science, because I love doing experiments and I know that the more science I learn, the better inventions I will be able to create.
In school: History, because I have the best history teacher imaginable, and he makes everything so interesting.
Extracurricular activities:
Physics Club, History Club, Latin Club
Reason for entering the Trash to Treasure competition:
I consider myself an inventor—I’ve been inventing since I was six years old. I also enjoy entering competitions.
Favorite invention of the last 100 years:
Computers. They make information so much more readily available.
Most important engineering feat:
Modern plumbing. I think more lives would be saved in third world countries by using funds to improve their plumbing systems.
Future job or career aspirations:
I’d like to be a biomedical engineer or a geriatric psychiatrist.
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/special/contest/winner.html
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http://pbskids.org/designsquad/
(Submitted by a reader)