Design your Nano gear winners 2015

Top prize in the secondary school category went to Jack Thurk 2nd year, St. Columba’s College, Dublin, for his design of a scrum cap that can alert players and staff to potential head injuries in real time, as a rugby match is being played. Pressure sensitive nanowires, incorporated into the scrum cap design, will light up a series of LEDs in the cap if the impact of a collision is above a certain level. Second prize in the secondary school category went to the ‘Swim Safe, Swim Nano’ wet suit by Aimee Cope and Claudia Lonergan, 2nd year, Loreto St Michael’s, Navan, Co. Meath. The wet suit contains sensor technology that monitors a diver’s life signs and has quantum dots to illuminate the suit for greater visibility in the water.

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