Won 8 gold medals at the World Youth Invention Exhibition, and innovations such as escape helmets and Toibot systems were recognized

Lin Chenghao, a student of the Xitun Campus of Weige Senior High School in Taichung City, won the IEYI gold medal with his "Smart Fire Escape Helmet".

Taiwanese teenagers demonstrate their ability to innovate and invent! This year's "International Youth Invention Exhibition" (IEYI) concluded recently. The Chinese team won a total of 8 gold medals, 7 silver medals, 13 bronze medals and 6 outstanding works. All 34 works were recognized. The 8 gold medals won accounted for 34.8% of the total number of gold medals in this session, and the performance was quite impressive.

IEYI is aimed at young people aged 6 to 19 years old and aims to promote innovation and invention. The competition categories include six categories: "Disaster Management and Safety", "Sports and Education", "Agricultural and Food Technology", "Social Care", "Convenient Life" and "Prospective Technology", all of which are closely connected with life and encourage people to think about life and face the future. This year's event was held grandly at the "Water Cube" of the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China, from August 5 to 9. After preliminary and re-examination selection, my country selected a total of 34 teams to compete on the same stage with 151 entries from 9 countries and regions.

Among them, Lin Chenghao, a student from Xitun Campus of Weige Senior High School in Taichung City, won the gold medal with his "Smart Fire Escape Helmet". The work adopts a foldable and inflatable design, which can be shrunk and stored during normal times. In an emergency, it can be quickly unfolded and covered with the head by pressing a button. It also provides emergency oxygen to improve breathing safety during escape. The system combines smoke and temperature sensors with an Arduino control system. After detecting the fire environment, the arrows on the mask can be used to instantly guide safer escape directions. According to the recommendations of firefighters, sensors are installed in the building to help determine the location of the fire and plan escape routes. In addition, the helmet is equipped with a GPS positioning function. When the user is trapped, location information can be provided to firefighters, integrating protection, escape guidance and rescue positioning functions to improve fire escape and rescue efficiency.

The “Toibot” developed by Zhang Tingyu and Li Yaoyu, students from Xing’an Elementary School in Da’an District, Taipei City, also won a gold medal. This invention is a smart management system designed for public toilets. It mainly solves the problems of wet floors, dirty environment, odor, garbage accumulation and insufficient cleaning manpower. It is suitable for use in places with high flow of people such as schools, parks, stations and shopping malls. The system combines automation and smart sensing technology and integrates functions such as automatic cleaning, floor drying, smart trash cans, safety monitoring, and abnormal reminders. It can automatically manage and process according to usage conditions, reduce dependence on manual cleaning, reduce labor burden, and at the same time improve management efficiency, environmental cleanliness and usage safety, creating a cleaner, safer and more convenient smart public toilet.