Medal haul for Thai inventors
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THAI STUDENTS won 12 medals and special prizes at the Asian Young Inventors Exhibition 2015 in Kuala Lumpur. The haul consisted of one gold, four silver and three bronze medals as well as four special prizes.
The students are due to return today after the three-day event ended yesterday. Their eight inventions, selected by the Office of the Basic Education Commission, were displayed at AYIE.
There were 122 items in the young inventors’ section at an event that was part of the International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition.
An energy-saving steamer created by Mathayom 1 pupil Sainub Nikareng and Parthom 6 pupil Wareef Doro-ngoh, who both attend a school in Narathiwat’s Muang district, won gold in the houseware category.
A silver medal was awarded to Nakhon Si Thammarat-based Thungyaiwittayakom School students Kamol Boonthong and Puthita Kampa for their shrimp-peeling machine.
Another silver went to Chiang Mai-based Choomchon Ban Mae Hang School students Sompong La-ae and Daeng Loong-or for an automatic bottle-buyer machine, and Chaiyaphum-based Nong Bua Daeng Wittaya School students Kiattisak Boondech and Pisut Phasuk snared silver for a potato-planting machine. The fourth silver was collected by Phitsanulok-based Nakhon Thai School students Nipaporn Chimmakorn and Ananya Ondoung, who invented a rice spoon.
Piyamaharachalai School in Nakhon Phanom also won a silver medal for its rice cooker.
The three bronze were awarded to Pathum Thani-based Princess Chulabhorn’s College Pathumthani students Nopchanin Khongsathitporn and Supakorn Tawong for their fish-bone removal device; Songkhla-based Klong Dan Witthaya School students Natthapat Chanmit and Kriengkrai Namsorn, who invented foldable crutches; and Phetchabun-based Beung Samphun School students Kraiwit Tokham and Polthat Suknam, who invented a ping-pong launcher.
