Macinley-Butson

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Macinley:  I would love to become a diagnostic pathologist because it combines my two favourite types of science.  My name is Macinley Butson, I’m 15 years old, attending the Illawarra Grammar School, and my project is the solar system.

 

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So my project is I am solving the problem of a clean water supply and power for people in third world communities.

 

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It has a bunch of little systems all working together to increase the efficiency of a solar panel, whilst also providing a clean water supply.

 

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So I’ve seen firsthand people living in third world communities without the basic necessities of power and clean water.  I wanted to create a device that solves these two problems in an inexpensive and easy to use device.

 

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One of the major difficulties I found was incorporating all of the smaller systems into one large device that I can use.

 

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I fixed this problem by creating a lot of different design options and picking them from there.

 

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So I would love to become a diagnostic pathologist because it combines my two favourite types of science, chemistry and biology, into the one job, and also it means that I can help as many people as possible.

 

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If I was the smartest person in the world I would love to be able to solve the issue of world hunger by being able to let people in third world countries produce food in a more efficient way.

 

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