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Helen-ZhangTranscript
[Music plays and images of award participants flash by on screen. Text appears: BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards 2017]
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Helen Zhang: My name is Helen Zhang and I’m in Year 10 at Meriden School in Strathfield and my project is called The Built in Solar Cover for Tablets and Mobiles Phones.
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How my device works is that sunlight hits the solar panel in the back of the iPad case and it converts into solar power,
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which runs through the power controller and is converted into a voltage that can be processed by the iPad.
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I see a lot of people on the train who have run out of battery and they’re really stressed about it,
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so I decided to seek an environmentally conscious way to solve this problem.
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If you look at buildings that people work in nowadays, they all have really big windows and a lot of access to sunlight.
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And also, on public transport, if you sit beside a window you can easily charge your device with a solar panel.
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So I’m hoping to sell this to basically the global demographic of people who live in cities.
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One of the problems I faced was integrating the solar panel into the back of the tablet case, and how I fixed that was by using duct tape,
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because I thought about the pros and cons of trying to cut the iPad case so that the solar panel could be stuck in, but that would seriously compromise the aesthetic of my entire working model.
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The thing I would really like to do in the future is become a medical officer or psychologist in the A.D.F. – Australian Defence Force,
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because I like to see myself, in the future, helping others and making a positive impact on people’s lives.
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I really enjoy reading and writing in my spare time and I also enjoy sketching and painting.
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I think sketching is a really excellent stress reliever for me; I sketch a lot during my exam periods.
It’s just exciting being able to create something and see the results of your hard work and efforts come into a piece of art that you can look back on.
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If I was the smartest person in the world I would become a teacher and be able to identify what people are truly passionate about and what they’re willing to go out and do for other people in society.
[Music plays and text appears: BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards 2017]
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