Young Scientist 2006

Dearv

Heya!
Just wondering if anyone's doing the Y.S. this year?!? If so what's your project on, what section etc?!? Im assessing the calcium intake of teenage girls & projecting the future health care costs & im in social science section!

Jack Lynch

I didn't get a lot of that. My school's 'extra-curricular' science goes as far as 'Alright lads, which gas tap is on?'

PurpleFistMixer

Aye, same for my school. We could do the young scientist, but they don't seem to encourage it at all.

meeka

I could have done it if I wanted, although due to my damn lack of imagination, I couldn't come up with any decent idea. I blame the internet.

Jack Lynch

How about Investigating the Effect of Music on School Performance?

Mr.D.Leprachaun

Going but not actually doing anything.

TalkISCheap

I'm in the same box as Meeka...









and she's touching herself...

meeka

*slap*

Diarmsquid

I submitted a project about studying and what effects worrying has on your exam performance, but it didn't get accepted.

Yazamalainia

yeh i got in! my project is "how do we know we're not the centre of the universe"
although what the hell this whole "project report" thingy is not going as planned...theres no point in lying ,im going for the discos! it kicked much ass last year:cool:

Hugh Hefner

I'll be hanging around for the three public days (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) giving out IQ tests (and stickers, and pens) at the Mensa booth. Just stop by and ask for Kevin or talk to the guy who looks 16 as opposed to the middle-aged people.

Acid_Violet

u a member of mensa Kevin?

Hugh Hefner

That's the idea, yup.

Piste

I went to the Mensa stand this year and got a free pen. So I may go again next year, if only to get another pen.

Acid_Violet

Same, but I lost the pen approximately a month later:(
Hopefully I'l see you there and will bamboozle you with irish

Jack Lynch

Apparently, Mensa organise a lot of single's nights.

Hugh Hefner

Yep, some.

Jack Lynch

And CTYI organise a lot of discos...

PurpleFistMixer

... Your point is?

TalkISCheap

Who said that he had one?

jono087

it's just a statement....

PurpleFistMixer

Yes, and I'd say people would react a little strangely if I came along and posted something like, say,

I'm wearing blue socks.

No?

Per Liefsonson

Unless you are actually wearing blue socks. Then it's perfectly rational.

jono087

well......we wouldn't hold it against you. like i've been known to wear blue socks myself from time to time.

StephenC_IRL

Im in the young Scientist. Im in the Technology Catagory. My project is a handheld scanner for use by visually impaired people to give them indipendance while shoping

Hugh Hefner

StephenC_IRL wrote:

Im in the young Scientist. Im in the Technology Catagory. My project is a handheld scanner for use by visually impaired people to give them indipendance while shoping

Stand number?

Piste

"...we talk to two Quake players who have been shafted, discharged and chewed on boomsticks until the cows came (home) about their experiences"


The information would be presented through video, more accurate that way.


Who wants to undertake such a task?

/me glances at PFM

Jack Lynch

What's Quake? Is it a card game or is it like that Warhammer rubbish?

Hugh Hefner

Video game. We're much to advanced for that real-world crap.

Jack Lynch

Oh right. And would they experience orgasms while they were playing or before?

I'm intrigued

Hugh Hefner

Depends how long before Elizabeth's tongue gets tired.

StephenC_IRL

Hugh Hefner wrote:

Stand number?

what, i havent got a stand number yet, am I supposed to have one. BTW

DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE DIMENSIONS OF THE DISPLAY BOARD ON THE YOUNG SCIENTIST STAND

swingking

Last year my bro did a project on the aerodynamics of paper airplanes, I was amazed that he got accepted and as well as that he featured in the irish times and on Television.

He is doing something on fuel cells and Methnol this year.

Hugh Hefner

StephenC_IRL wrote:

what, i havent got a stand number yet, am I supposed to have one. BTW

DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE DIMENSIONS OF THE DISPLAY BOARD ON THE YOUNG SCIENTIST STAND

When I did it 2 (?) years ago they sent me a letter and it had a diagram of the stand, dimensions and all, and gave me the stand number that I was assigned to. I guess you'll get it over the next few weeks.

Piste

Hugh Hefner wrote:

Depends how long before Elizabeth's tongue gets tired.

Oh no, I would simply be observing and recording the facts

StephenC_IRL

I got that letter, but no stand number on it.


Please does anybody know the dimensions of the stand, I lost the card

Hugh Hefner

Well, search for your project here to find the stand number.

The website says that you should "see stand dimensions below" and then doesn't give the freakin' dimensions! I suggest you call them and then tell us your stand number.

PurpleFistMixer

Piste wrote:

"...we talk to two Quake players who have been shafted, discharged and chewed on boomsticks until the cows came (home) about their experiences"


The information would be presented through video, more accurate that way.


Who wants to undertake such a task?

/me glances at PFM

I think the question is, who is intrepid enough to ride MY rocket?

I had an idea for an Internet-Related YS project... in that, I got a witty title ("Love at First Site - Internet Dating?"), but yeah, maybe I'll enter it next year.
ANYONE STEAL MY TITLE AND YOU ARE SO SHAFTED.

Piste

My title on Teenage Drinking which I want to do at some point is "Smells Like Teen Spirits?"

Feral Mutant

jono087 wrote:

well......we wouldn't hold it against you. like i've been known to wear blue socks myself from time to time.

I actually am wearing blue socks. At first glance they look black but they're actually very very very dark blue.

Some guy from my class did the young Scientist a few years ago. He made his own energy drink and experimented . . I mean tested it on the class. Haven't been since though I have a new physics teacher this year who might take us during school.

Jack Lynch

My school was taken to the Young Scientist in 1st year. Ironically, that very day a building collapsed in Mallow at the same time that we would be let off school. You could say that Young Scientist saved somebody's life...



Or not

StephenC_IRL

YS 2006 kicked ass, there were a lot of cool people there this year, r

Yas - were so going back next year, that was the best crraic evera