Kamloops science fair students draw inspiration from family to help others

The Corsi-Rosenthal Box utilizes four filters and a box fan to help purify the air, helping with the ongoing pandemic and possibly with future wildfires in the region.

His first idea was to build and install them in his school, but after that fell through, he moved on to trying to help seniors but more problems followed.

“My Mom tried to help call people on the phone, but they thought it was a scam — I can understand why. We sent a letter to the retirement homes explaining the box,” said Ethan.

As of Wednesday, Ethan hasn’t heard back from any local homes about his project.

Jora Singh Nahal demonstrates his app (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

Jora Singh Nahal’s project is also, at its simplest, about helping others. He’s developed an app to help detect drowsiness and help stimulate drivers who, like his mom, don’t like going on longer trips alone.

“The drowsiness detection system works through two algorithms. The first one works to detect if the eyes are open or closed, the second detects the mouth,” said Jora. “If it detects the driver is drowsy, it alerts the driver and then activates a speech robot to ask 10 easy questions or jokes to stimulate the driver.”

Currently the fully functional app is just a desktop version but Jora has big plans to expand his project moving forward.

“Right now it’s a desktop app and not really that portable. So, I might want to integrate this into cars and maybe sell this to other car companies, and develop a phone app,” added Jora. “My app has an accuracy of 97 per cent.”

Jora is going to be headed to Nationals with his app but for both himself and Ethan it was family that inspired them, to work towards improving the lives of others and possibly even saving a life from a car crash or disease.

You can check out Jora’s app on his website at https://anti-drowsy-driving-plus.herokuapp.com/

by Michael Reeve

Kamloops science fair students draw inspiration from family to help others

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