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Cornerstone Christian School students Hamish Couperus, left, and Matthew Smith with the kinetic sculpture they built to qualify for the Architects Grapple 2022 maker-space camp in Christchurch.
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS: Two Palmerston North teens who came up with a way of delivering aid during a disaster have been recognised for their innovation and design skills in a national competition.
Cornerstone Christian School students Matthew Smith, 17, and Hamish Couperus, 17, were part of a team that won the Architects Grapple 2022 maker-space camp innovation and engineering competition in Christchurch in the recent school holidays. The other team members Rayen Lee, Niko Snell and Sam Boyle are from Auckland.
They built an artificial intelligence-controlled drone that recognises hand gestures, then delivers aid for emergency responders.
The brief for their project was the year…
