Glasshouse Christian College took out the top gong at the Sunshine Coast Telstra Innovation Awards on 23 July for their creation LEDPlates.
LEDPlates has the potential to provide learner drivers a bright new way to display their ‘L’ plates, along with a compatible phone app to change the plates as needed from L’s to P’s.
The team, comprising students Arno Mens, Charlie Bidgood and Josiah from Glasshouse Christian College and led by School Coordinator Tanya Cullen were thrilled with the result.
Second place was awarded to Sunshine Coast Christian College students Joshua Morgan, Noah Simpson, and Rain de Beer for their on demand portable locker service Mobile Safety Hub, for use in popular areas (beaches, sporting events etc).
AquaShield created by Kia Pulo, Ethan Bland and Byron Page from St Andrew’s Anglican College came in third for the proposal to revolutionise the use of shark nets with a new alternative and sustainable design.
The Emerging Entrepreneur Awards went to Glasshouse Christian College student Ebony Quinlan for Heart Attrack – a wearable ECG monitor for cardiovascular outpatients.
These outstanding students will share in $10,000 worth of technology prizes for their school including tablets, headphones, mentoring sessions and a 3D printer.
More than 20 finalists across Years nine, 10, 11 and 12 on the Sunshine Coast got together with their school mates to create an application or invention as part of this year’s Sunshine Coast Telstra Innovation Awards.
As part of the program, the students were mentored by some of the sharpest technology minds and entrepreneurs in our region to help the students develop and refine their ideas.
The competition, which is delivered by Sunshine Coast Council in partnership with Telstra, brings creative ideas to life while connecting students with industry mentors to develop their entrepreneurial thinking.
Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Mark Jamieson, who has been a champion of these awards since their inception and was part of the judging panel, said all entrants in the awards program were outstanding and their innovative ideas reflected the great talent and innovation that we are nurturing here on our Sunshine Coast, particularly with our children and young people.
“The awards program supports the development of ideas that use technology in a novel way to solve a community, environmental or business challenge,” Mayor Jamieson said.
