Young Inventors and Creators Top 10
SMS Key | Awarded to | From | Eveready Battery-Powered |
Eveready 1 | Lea Thijs | Buccleuch Montessor | Windmill: When switched on, the windmill blades move, and a light comes on inside the house. The windmill is built with Lego blocks and serves to demonstrate that clean energy can produce electricity through a windmill. The windmill and light are powered by Eveready batteries. |
Eveready 2 | Derrijck Zeh | Buccleuch Montessori | Mosquito Repeller: When the Eveready 9V battery is connected to the circuit, and the device is switched off, a sound is emitted from the speaker, which makes the sound of a female mosquito. This sound is not audible to the human ear, but it does repel mosquitoes. |
Eveready 3 | Michael Warnes | Buccleuch Montessori | Light up Alarm: This Eveready battery powered device serves as an alarm that emits a loud sound and lights up when the tab is removed. The main device is to be placed on a door, and the string is screwed into an adjacent wall. When the door is opened, the blue tab is pulled out, the alarm sounds and the light switches on. |
Eveready 4 | Damian Horn | Buccleuch Montessori | Light up Train: There are two circuits on this device. One is connected to a while light at the train station, and the other one is connected to a robot (red and green lights) on the train track. Both are powered by Eveready batteries. Each circuit has a switch, which when turned on, lights up 3 lights. |
Eveready 5 | Jade Marie Porter | Buccleuch Montessori | Delivery Van: There are two switches on the van that are connected to circuits and powered by Eveready batteries. One switch turns the head lights on, and the other switch powers the delivery van to drive forward. |
Eveready 6 | David Baker and Gaulaumi de Swardt |
| Battery Tester: This device works with an electro magnet. When a battery is connected using the wires, the compass moves as the electric current starts to flow. If the battery is weak, it does not move much. The stronger the power in the battery, the larger the movement on the compass. |
Eveready 7 | Delton Cory | Allen Glen High School | Robbie the Robot: His arms rotate 360 degrees and lights in the robots eyes and on its body that light up the whole room, all powered by Eveready batteries. |
Eveready 8 | Monique Pienaar and Ciara Pienaar | Hoerskool Waterkloof | Eveready Scope: The EvereadyScope is a high-quality, low-cost microscope with a unique battery powered ring-light, giving very good shadow-less white and UV light. It can operate for up to 72 hours using four Eveready AA batteries. |
Eveready 9 | Jaco Foot | Welkom Gimnasium | Powder dispenser: dispenses one teaspoon of sugar or powdered cream at a time. Very convenient when making tea or coffee and you want to add creamer or sugar. |
Eveready 10 | David van der Lingen and Morné Kok | Hoerskool Waterkloof | Smart Stick: This is a walking stick with a light that can be switched on, and is connected to a circuit that is powered by Eveready batteries. It was designed to help the elderly and make their lives a little easier. More specifically, it will aid in lighting up stairs which the elderly walk on at night or when it is dark. |
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