Anushka Naiknaware: A teen scientist's invention to help wounds heal
Anushka Naiknaware: En tonårsforskares uppfinning som hjälper sår läka
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 --
har jag alltid varit fascinerad -
the world worked exactly how it did.
hur världen fungerade som den gjorde.
of mathematics and chemistry.
and as I kept going,
och medan jag höll på,
of science are interconnected.
är sammanlänkade.
have little or no value.
lite eller inget värde.
and my local science museum,
och mitt lokala naturvetenskapsmuseum
these questions myself
i min egen självständiga forskning,
of my garage or my bedroom.
that I so desperately wanted.
som jag så desperat ville ha.
for a competition,
för en tävling,
of something called chronic wounds.
som kallas för kroniska sår.
to me was a statistic
för mig var en statistik
in the United States with chronic wounds
i USA med kroniska sår
with breast cancer,
and leukemia, combined.
och leukemi tillsammans.
about a 5K walk for chronic wounds,
ett femkilometerslopp för kroniska sår,
about a chronic wound in general?
kroniska sår i allmänhet?
those preliminary questions,
de första frågorna,
when someone gets a normal wound,
när någon får ett vanligt sår,
of preexisting condition,
sedan tidigare,
were to be found
to treat chronic wounds.
för att behandla kroniska sår.
that about two percent of the population
att två procent av befolkningen
at some point in their lifetime.
någon gång i sitt liv.
inside a wound dressing
i ett sårförband
that the chronic wound would be at.
som det såret var vid.
within the wound
treat their wounds better.
att behandla såren bättre?
the healing process.
påskyndar läkningsprocessen.
out of her garage-turned-lab,
i ett garage som blivit ett labb,
I wasn't given a lot of money,
jag fick inte mycket pengar,
a lot of criteria, as well.
att uppfylla också.
readily interacting with the body,
skulle sitta tätt intill kroppen
and paying for it myself.
och betalade för den själv.
anywhere, for anyone.
överallt, för alla.
is the early schematics in my design,
är den tidiga ritningen i min design,
and also one stacking variant.
och en staplingsvariant.
of different individual parts
olika individuella delar
is one possible arrangement.
är ett möjligt sätt.
stumbles along their work,
som stöter på hinder längs vägen
in my first generation of sensors.
i min första generation av sensorer.
into a printcheck cartridge
i en utskriftspatron
the sensitivity of my sensors.
känsligheten hos mina sensorer.
anything of that sort.
by some scouting on eBay and Amazon
genom att söka på eBay och Amazon
required a lot more thought.
krävde mycket mer tanke.
within one unit square.
den kan inom en enhetskvadrat.
you can have different iterations
kan man ha olika upprepningar
to one unit square,
en enhetskvadrat,
the thickness, the size,
tjockleken, storleken,
and I could predict my results.
och jag kunde förutse mina resultat.
from previous science fair awards.
från tidigare vetenskapspriser.
in order to be read.
så den kunde läsas.
by the app screenshots on the right.
på skärmbilderna av appen till höger.
can monitor the progress of their wound,
kan kolla utvecklingen av deras sår,
over a wireless connection
över trådlös koppling
or whoever needs it.
eller till vem som behöver det.
was successful --
var min design framgångsrik -
något kan bli förbättrat.
something to be refined.
in the process of doing.
håller på med just nu.
than the actual thing I designed
än grejen jag designade
taken on while doing this.
medan jag gjorde detta.
working in her garage
som jobbar i sitt garage
completely understand,
and contribute to the field.
göra en skillnad och bidra till området.
to also do work like this
att också jobba så här
very sure about it.
that you all take on today.
som ni tar med er.
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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