Anushka Naiknaware: A teen scientist's invention to help wounds heal
Anushka Naiknaware: El invento de una científica adolescente para ayudar a curar las heridas
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 --
me fascinaba...
the world worked exactly how it did.
en que el mundo funcionaba.
of mathematics and chemistry.
de las matemáticas y la química.
and as I kept going,
of science are interconnected.
de la ciencia están interconectados.
have little or no value.
tienen poco o ningún valor.
and my local science museum,
y mi museo de ciencias local,
these questions myself
investigaciones independientes,
of my garage or my bedroom.
that I so desperately wanted.
que tanto deseaba.
for a competition,
para una competencia,
of something called chronic wounds.
de las llamadas "heridas crónicas".
to me was a statistic
la atención fue una estadística
in the United States with chronic wounds
con heridas crónicas en EE. UU.
with breast cancer,
con cáncer de mama,
and leukemia, combined.
y leucemia combinados.
de 5 km por las heridas crónicas,
about a 5K walk for chronic wounds,
about a chronic wound in general?
de las heridas crónicas en general?
those preliminary questions,
esas preguntas preliminares,
when someone gets a normal wound,
cuando alguien se hace una herida normal,
of preexisting condition,
de enfermedad preexistente,
los casos es diabetes.
were to be found
con la investigación.
to treat chronic wounds.
en todo el mundo
that about two percent of the population
del 2 % de la población
at some point in their lifetime.
en algún momento de su vida.
inside a wound dressing
dentro del vendaje de una herida
that the chronic wound would be at.
de esa herida crónica.
dentro de la herida
within the wound
treat their wounds better.
y pacientes a tratar mejor las heridas
the healing process.
el proceso de curación.
out of her garage-turned-lab,
transformado en laboratorio,
I wasn't given a lot of money,
subsidios, ni demasiado dinero,
a lot of criteria, as well.
readily interacting with the body,
directamente con el cuerpo,
and paying for it myself.
y financiando yo misma.
de manufacturación masiva,
anywhere, for anyone.
cualquiera, en cualquier parte.
is the early schematics in my design,
esquemas de mi diseño,
and also one stacking variant.
y otro en su versión de apilado.
of different individual parts
de diferentes partes individuales
is one possible arrangement.
es una posible disposición.
stumbles along their work,
encuentran obstáculos en su trabajo,
in my first generation of sensors.
en mi primera generación de sensores.
into a printcheck cartridge
en un cartucho de impresión
the sensitivity of my sensors.
la sensibilidad de mis sensores.
ni reducir su precisión,
anything of that sort.
buscando en eBay y Amazon
by some scouting on eBay and Amazon
required a lot more thought.
requería pensar mucho más.
within one unit square.
dentro de un cuadrado unitario.
you can have different iterations
se obtienen distintas iteraciones
to one unit square,
de llenar un cuadrado unitario,
the thickness, the size,
el grosor, el tamaño,
and I could predict my results.
y podía predecir mis resultados.
from previous science fair awards.
de ferias de ciencias anteriores.
in order to be read.
estos datos para que sean leídos.
un chip de Bluetooth,
by the app screenshots on the right.
en las imágenes de la aplicación.
can monitor the progress of their wound,
controlar el progreso de su herida,
over a wireless connection
por conexión inalámbrica
or whoever needs it.
o a quien lo necesite.
was successful --
something to be refined.
algo para perfeccionar.
in the process of doing.
than the actual thing I designed
que el objeto concreto que diseñé
taken on while doing this.
working in her garage
y trabajar en un garaje
completely understand,
and contribute to the field.
y hacer mi contribución al tema.
to also do work like this
a que también hagan este tipo de trabajo
very sure about it.
that you all take on today.
el mensaje que hoy se lleven.
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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