California boy wins national science competition

[Kadie]

California boy wins national science competition

Monday, December 6, 2004



(12-06) 12:25 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

A 17-year-old California boy won a premier high school science competition Monday for inventing a device that converts ocean wave energy into electricity.

Aaron Goldin, a senior at San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas, Calif., won a $100,000 college scholarship, the top individual prize in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology.

Goldin, who created a gyroscope that extracts power from ocean waves, began by developing prototypes using a tape recorder, an answering machine and household appliances as parts.

"He has taken an innovative application of gyroscopic principles and turned it into a reality, demonstrating great independence and originality," said judge Richard Miles, a professor at Princeton University's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/12/06/national1525EST0613.DTL

[BlueJazz]

1. The other contestants..(who were from the Red States)

brought a new invention that they learned about in Christian school...Fire.