ST Clare’s College students from the SWITCH Robotics Club have won an Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) iAward in the Student & Education Solution category.
Their project, “Light Up the Roads”, was created as a prototype to illuminate handheld signs used by traffic controllers in the hope that better signage illumination would lower accidents and prevent fatalities on roads.
“Students have taken their idea through several iterations, seeking feedback by entering the prototype in other STEM challenges to refine their idea as something that could be produced in industry,” says a St Clare’s spokesperson.
“Using the newly opened Maker Space and learning how to use the tools and equipment in the college, the students come together weekly to work on…
