Hawaii Preparatory Academy junior Viet Tung Dao received the Special Innovation Prize in the Junior/Senior High School Science Idea Competition at the Tsukaba Science Edge 2016 for his project, Brainwave Technology for Real-Time Driver Drowsiness Detection. The competition was held March 25, 26 in Japan.
Hawaii Preparatory Academy junior Viet Tung Dao received the Special Innovation Prize in the Junior/Senior High School Science Idea Competition at the Tsukaba Science Edge 2016 for his project, Brainwave Technology for Real-Time Driver Drowsiness Detection. The competition was held March 25, 26 in Japan.
Students from 60 schools throughout Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and the U.S. presented original research and technology ideas. Dao, who developed his independent science research project at HPA’s Energy Lab, was one of eight finalists selected to present his project at the Tsukaba International Conference Center.
“Drowsiness is one of the major causes of traffic accidents,” explained Dao. “In the U.S., drowsy driving is responsible for 100,000 crashes, including 6,000 fatal ones each year. I wanted to do this project to save lives in the U.S. and in other countries.”
Tsukaba Science Edge is an annual competition for students to introduce science research topics and serves as an international exchange for careers in science. Judges included Reona Ezaki, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, and other scientists from the Tsukaba Science Academy.