BlackBerry sponsored their Blackberry Smartphone App Development Award at the Canada Wide Science Fair this past weekend. There were students competing from across Canada and BlackBerry selected three winners in Junior (grades 7 and 8), Intermediate (grades 9 and 10) and Senior (grades 11 and 12). They were awarded cash prizes, BlackBerry smartphones, and mentorships with BlackBerry Mobile App development experts. The CWSF is the largest science competition in the country with 25,000 kids competing every year making it a big honor.
Here are the details on the winners. Congrats to all of you!
Junior Category Winner: Kieren O’Neil
Creation: Deciphering Recycling
Region: Cariboo Mainline
City: Kamloops, British Columbia
School: McGowan Park Elementary
Description: People who use plastics do not all recycle it, meaning it can end up in a landfill or cause environmental harm. The goal of the app is to help solve this problem through education. Kieren designed and created an app that provides useful facts and basics on recycling, such as, what is resin code on plastic items and whether it can be recycled and what types of items can be recycled. Kieren hopes to save the environment, one app at a time!
Intermediate Category Winner: Whitney Anderson
Creation: S.A.F.E
Region: Central Interior British Columbia
City: Prince George, British Columbia
School: Westside Academy
Description: With the intention of keeping drivers safe on the road, Whitney created an app called Tasker that locks down dangerous and distracting interactions on a cell phone, while still providing necessary communications when a vehicle is in motion. When tested, the app was successful in locking down the screen, minimizing distracting interactions that can be dangerous while driving.
Senior Category Winner: Noah Bergmann
Creation: The Musician’s Toolbox
Region: Cariboo Mainline
City: Merritt, British Columbia
School: South Central Interior Distance Education
Description: The Musician’s Toolbox is a useful tool for musicians of any skill level. Included in the app is the modex, a tool for making bridges between songs, a transposer, for changing chords from one key to another, and a tuner that can be used with any instrument.
The Modex
In the Modex you have the ability to make a musical bridge between any two keys. For instance, if you were playing a song in the key of A, and wanted to move to a song in the key of D without stopping, you would input this into the modex and receive chords to make the transition.
The Transposer
The Transposer allows you to convert chords from one key two another. This is useful for guitar players using a capo, or simply converting music between keys.
The Tuner
The tuner is a simple tool that allows you to tune your instrument to any note.
