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(Sarah McArthur) I remember once going to a function where
Clare Oliver was and she died from melanoma at the age of 26.
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(Myles Buckley) I first became interested
in this area because I had a family friend.
He actually explained to me all the potentials
for it and I got really interested.
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(Yaya Lu) The main reason I started this project
was because I wanted to enter into the Billiton.
And I thought “You know quadriplegics need independence in their movement”.
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(Sarah) I examined the gene that malfunctions in
various cancers and what that gene does is it prevents
the immune system from attacking the cancer.
I was able to introduce a drug to try to reverse that effect
that the gene has on the cancers so that we’re able to
overcome the cancer resistance to the immune system.
And in that way we’re utilising the body’s own
defence mechanisms in order to treat the cancer.
(Myles) My experiment
investigating using diatomite
which is basically kitty litter covered in a hydrophobic
coating to see whether you could absorb oil selectively off water.
You could have a new method of dealing
with oil spills; a method where the oil actually becomes
part of the solution by paying for its own removal.
You could say it’s an Ockham’s Razor.
It’s the simplest method you could think of.
(Yaya) Well my project is largely on the idea of a voice
control system. I’ve developed several wheelchair
prototypes that could be used. For example, using a
wheelchair which can move sideways left and sideways right.
I’ve also got a wheelchair which could lift the chair
up and down to allow the quadriplegic to be able
to talk to people face to face. And I’ve also
developed a shopping trolley or a personal assistant.
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(Michael van der Ploeg) My time at ISEF was the highlight
of my career. It was something I’ll always remember.
It’s a huge science fair, 1600 entries, over
three million dollars’ worth of prize money.
For Intel to come on board it’s wonderful and I think
it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was a real
celebration of science, it was a real celebration of
students work and they were treated like rock stars.
(Myles) What I’m looking forward to about ISEF is there’s a
really big room full of about 3,000 projects and that means you
can just walk around and look at all these projects and they’re
from all different parts of the globe. It’s going to be amazing.
(Yaya) In terms of the future for this project I’m thinking
of developing a full size wheel chair. I’ve already had a
couple of people from Google come over and talk to me about
potentially creating a full sized wheelchair with them.
(Sara) Entering the BHP Billiton Awards and then
taking my ideas to ISEF has really given me
the confidence to keep going with this idea
and to be testing it even further and testing
myself even further. And I’m really grateful
to have been given the opportunities that
I’ve been given because I’d love to be able to
see this become a new treatment for cancer.
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