Inside the 2012 Google Science Fair [PICS]

This past Monday, Google partnered with CERN, National Geographic, Lego, and Scientific American to host the second annual Google Science Fair. This year’s fair hosted 21 teens from all over the world. Each age group 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18 presented a variety of projects — from new ways to farm and be more environmentally friendly, to new ways to diagnose and treat diseases.

Most of these projects were pursued by these students independently of their required science assignments at school. Many finalists’ projects stemmed from personal interest in pursuing careers in science, technology, medicine, and simply increasing the quality of life in their hometowns.

When asked what inspired his project with friend Sakhiwe Shongwe, Bonkhe Mahlalela of Swaziland responded simply, “Most of the problems in our country come from famine. We wanted to see if hydroponic farming could help our village.” Yamini Naidu, an aspiring neurologist, explained, “Meth addicts have an increased incidence of stroke at younger ages, I wanted to know why and see if my findings can be applied to all stroke victims.”

Each finalist was flown to Google’s headquarters in California and received a Chromebook, Android phone, Lego sets and a year’s subscription to Scientific American.

For more information on the finalists’ projects please see the gallery.

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