Think Science Fair 2016 showcases over 235 student projects. The three-day science fair brought together more than 640 high school and university students from across the UAE who presented over 235 projects, across 13 categories, such as technology systems for special needs and aviation, which are new this year.
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00:00The 4th annual Think Science Fair held at the Dubai World Trade Center comprised a large-scale
00:09exhibition of youth projects from high schools and universities competing across 13 scientific
00:14sectors as well as experiential activities in science, engineering, oil and gas, energy,
00:19aviation and technology.
00:21The event is the largest of its kind in the region and aims to help young people actively
00:25engage with the digital revolution by providing them with solid science, technology and innovation
00:29skills while encouraging them to innovate and deploy technology that addresses some
00:33of today's broader socio-economic challenges.
00:36The cornerstone of the Think Science Fair is the competition, which has exhibitors competing
00:40in various scientific categories including vehicle design and aviation, systems for special
00:45needs and two new award categories, Think Science Public Sector Award and Think Science
00:50Industry Award.
00:51The whole idea of this project is to cool water without using any gases or gases that
00:56are actually very, very dangerous to the atmosphere such as carbon and fluorocarbons
01:02and all that stuff.
01:04So what this project is, it implements technology which is called the TEG or thermoelectric
01:09generator implemented, which is already in use in computers such as Apple computers and
01:14new laptops.
01:15One of the perks of this technology is that it has absolutely no noise pollution, it is
01:22efficient and it does not require a fan to actually cool it down.
01:27Our project is a wheelchair for special needs people, specifically for people who cannot
01:34move their hands to control the chair with a joystick or any controller.
01:40The wheelchair runs on your muscle movement, so basically you control the movement by moving
01:49one of your muscles, whether it's a facial muscle or any other muscle.
01:54Our project is Clear My Way, which is a fog detector which detects fog during the period
02:01of the fog happening.
02:03So the fog will cover the street and the sensor here will detect the fog and send a signal
02:12to the 555 to turn on the lights using this battery.
02:18So when a car wants to move from one lane to another, the driver here can see the car
02:26if it's moving or not because if he speeds up and crashes him without looking, this will
02:31cause an accident.
02:33The fair also acts as a platform to connect youth with experts through motivational sessions
02:37that focus on key areas in education and innovation.
02:41Logan Fish for Gulf News.