Miss Khare has received a Young Scientist Award from the Intel Foundation for her extraordinary invention. Also, she has been rewarded $50,000 for the tiny device that holds a lot of energy in a small space, charging the mobile quickly and holding the charge for a long time.
The teenager got the inspiration to make such kind of a charger from her own cellphone's battery, that discharged quickly. Confirming the news she said, "My cellphone battery always dies."
Talking about her gizmo, she said that her super-capacitor lasts for 10,000 charge-recharge cycles as compared to 1,000 cycles for a normal rechargeable battery.
The charger will allow Khare to focus on her keen interest, Nano chemistry and to work on other developments. She said, "Really working at the nanoscale to make significant advances in many different fields."
Currently, the device has been tested on LED light but as per reports, it may also work on other devices. Also, she is trying to fit the gizmo inside mobile and other devices keeping in mind the requirement in today's world.
She said, "It is also flexible, so it can be used in rollup displays and clothing and fabric. It has a lot of different applications and advantages over batteries in that sense."
PHOENIX, May 17, 2013 – Top winner Ionut Budisteanu, 19, of Romania (center) with second-place winners Eesha Khare, 18, of Saratoga, Calif. (left) and Henry Lin, 17, of Shreveport, La. celebrate their awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world's largest high school science research competition. More than 1,600 high schoolers from 70 countries, regions and territories competed for more than $4 million in awards this week. PHOTO CREDIT: Intel/Chris Ayers
No comments:
Post a Comment