Society for Science

Meet Benjamin Davis, the 16-year-old Massachusetts student who built a machine that turns 3D-printer waste into reusable filament and won $75,000

wizbuddypointm@gmail.com3 weeks ago07 mins

Davis, a student at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, built the machine as part of his science research project. The system uses waste plastic, including waste generated during 3D printing and converts it into filament that can again be fed into a 3D printer. A failed 3D print typically goes straight to the…

Meet Meghana Addanki, the 17-year-old New Jersey student who turned eggshells and cotton into a tiny generator that harvests energy from movement | World News

wizbuddypointm@gmail.com2 months ago08 mins

At 17, Meghana Addanki was looking at two materials that would rarely be associated with electricity: eggshell membrane and cotton. The New Jersey high school student used both in an experiment designed to turn ordinary movement into usable electrical energy, developing a small hybrid generator with the help of zinc oxide. Her project brought together…