(PopSci) — Two summers ago, Easton LaChappelle thought it would be fun to build a robotic arm controlled wirelessly using a glove. LaChappelle, then 14, knew nothing about electronics, programming, or robots—but he was bored and desperate for a challenge. So over the next couple of years, the teen, now a high school junior, toiled in his cramped bedroom workshop in Mancos, Colorado, ironing out...
Easton LaChappelle, Age 17: Using 3D Printing to Change the World
(Engineering.com) — At TEDxMileHigh 17-year-old Easton LaChappelle wowed audiences with the presentation of his 3D printed robotic prosthetic arm. 3D printing is revolutionizing a number of industries, but more than that it’s changing the way people think about inventing. Since he was 14, Easton LaChappelle has been interested in robotics. Back in 2010 Easton created a robotic hand from LEGO...
Worship Is Living
“I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it. The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones… And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow. “Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white [with] gold crowns on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder… “In the center...
Temar Boggs, Age 15: Chases Kidnapper, Saves Girl
(Lancaster Online) — Temar Boggs had a feeling he’d find the 5-year-old girl who was abducted Thursday in Lancaster Township. He was right. Boggs, a McCaskey freshman who lives in Gable Park Woods, had been hanging out with a friend at nearby Lancaster Arms apartments and helping move a couch when a man came by asking if they’d seen a missing girl. They hadn’t, Boggs said...
Ali Ahmed, Age 12: Proving Kids Can Understand Politics
(WPN) — A video of a 12-year-old boy explaining the recent events in the uprising in Egypt has gone viral. El Wady News recently interviewed young Ali Ahmed about why he was on the scene at the protests that led to the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. Ahmed said, “I’m here today to help prevent Egypt from becoming a commodity owned by one person, and to protest the confiscation of the...
Brendan Kelly, Age 16: A Veteran Wetlands Conservationist
(CBC News) — One of the veterans of protecting the wetlands in rapidly growing Paradise, Newfoundland, has yet to graduate from high school. Brendan Kelly has been working on protecting wetlands for six years, and can be seen patrolling the town with high-end camera gear he uses to document the town’s environment — all with a goal of protecting what is left. “Wetlands filter our water...
Ann Makosinski, Age 15: Invents Battery-Free LED Flashlight
(The Star) — Ann Makosinski was thrilled with 200 views for her YouTube video showing how she created a flashlight powered by the heat of her hand. But after the teen was chosen as the sole representative from Canada at Google’s upcoming international science fair, views shot up to over one million. “It’s a big shock for me. I did not expect my project to get this far,” the 15-year-old Victoria...