Anushka Naiknaware: A teen scientist's invention to help wounds heal
Анушка Найкнъуеър: Изобретение на млад учен помага на раните да оздравеят
In 2016, at age 13, Anushka Naiknaware was the youngest winner of the Google Science Fair, with her invention of a clever new bandage that tells caregivers when it needs to be changed. Full bio
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I was always fascinated --
бях вечно заинтересована --
the world worked exactly how it did.
работи светът.
of mathematics and chemistry.
and as I kept going,
взаимносвързани.
of science are interconnected.
have little or no value.
малка или никаква стойност.
and my local science museum,
научен музей,
these questions myself
проучване,
в спалнята ми.
of my garage or my bedroom.
that I so desperately wanted.
така силно се нуждаех.
състезание,
for a competition,
хронични рани.
of something called chronic wounds.
to me was a statistic
хронични рани
in the United States with chronic wounds
with breast cancer,
дробове и левкимия взети заедно.
and leukemia, combined.
about a 5K walk for chronic wounds,
бягания в тяхна полза,
about a chronic wound in general?
those preliminary questions,
някой получи нормална рана,
when someone gets a normal wound,
of preexisting condition,
страда от заболяване,
по-зашеметяваща статистика,
were to be found
лечението на хронични рани.
to treat chronic wounds.
населението
that about two percent of the population
в някакъв момент от живота си.
at some point in their lifetime.
в превръзката на раната
inside a wound dressing
that the chronic wound would be at.
би трябвало да е раната.
within the wound
на влажност в раната,
да лекуват раните по-ефективно.
treat their wounds better.
процеса на лечение.
the healing process.
out of her garage-turned-lab,
лаборатория,
нямах много пари,
I wasn't given a lot of money,
a lot of criteria, as well.
ще взаимодейства с тялото,
readily interacting with the body,
and paying for it myself.
и плащах от джобa си.
за масово производство,
anywhere, for anyone.
нявсякъде и за всеки.
is the early schematics in my design,
and also one stacking variant.
така и в един цялостен вариант.
различни части,
of different individual parts
is one possible arrangement.
stumbles along their work,
проблеми по време на работа,
първото поколение сензори.
in my first generation of sensors.
на печатаща касета
into a printcheck cartridge
на сензорите.
the sensitivity of my sensors.
anything of that sort.
да реша този проблем
малко ровене из eBay и Amazon
by some scouting on eBay and Amazon
required a lot more thought.
много повече мислене.
единица на квадрат.
within one unit square.
програма можеш да имаш различни повторения
you can have different iterations
квадрат,
to one unit square,
големината,
the thickness, the size,
and I could predict my results.
а мога и да предвидя резултатите.
моите сензори
предишни награди от научни панаири.
from previous science fair awards.
in order to be read.
за да могат да бъдат прочетени.
екранните снимки вдясно.
by the app screenshots on the right.
на техните рани
can monitor the progress of their wound,
безжична връзка
over a wireless connection
or whoever needs it.
нуждае.
was successful --
успешен --
развива.
да се подобри.
something to be refined.
in the process of doing.
than the actual thing I designed
taken on while doing this.
working in her garage
работещо от гаража си,
completely understand,
област.
and contribute to the field.
други,
to also do work like this
very sure about it.
правят.
всички вас.
that you all take on today.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anushka Naiknaware - ScientistIn 2016, at age 13, Anushka Naiknaware was the youngest winner of the Google Science Fair, with her invention of a clever new bandage that tells caregivers when it needs to be changed.
Why you should listen
When Anushka Naiknaware was young, she would spend hours at the chemistry lab at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland and not leave until she had finished every experiment available. Her early interest was chemistry and mathematics, but she quickly learned that every branch of science is connected, including physics, biology and computer science. In fact, her winning Google Science Fair project loops together materials science, fractal math and biology.
Naiknaware has won many awards in notable science and math competitions. She was the youngest winner of the Google Science Fair in 2016, and she won the first-place Mathematics STEM Award at Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering Rising Stars), a premier competition run by the Society for Science and the Public. Naiknaware is inspired by Marie Curie, whose work contributed to major advances in modern medicine. Anushka admires her spirit and enthusiasm to continue her work in a time when women's contributions in science weren't appreciated.
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