The final round of this year's FameLab Competition took place on Tuesday 26 January 2010 at Fairmont Towers hotel, where the ten finalists each gave a three-minute presentation on a contemporary science topic of their choice.
Please find below the winners of FameLab 2009-2010. British Council and RDI will organise FameLab again, so keep checking our website for more updates.
The first prize was awarded to Hazem Shoirah, Resident Doctor at Neuropsychiatry – Abbaseyya Hospital for Mental Health ’’The biggest public hospital for mental health in Egypt’’. Hazem’s final presentation was entitled ‘’The power of Imagination’’ In his talk he has investigated the Neuroscientific basis of this impressive human capacity. A once fantastical endeavour of the human brain, imagination is now the subject of accurate experiments that are promising a chance to be independent and empowered when our bodies fail us. It stands as the only hope for communication with people trapped in their brain injuries, incapable of all but imagination. Hazem will present Egypt in the FameLab Grand Finals in Cheltenham; we wish Hazem the best of Luck.
The second prize went to Mohammad Refaat, A physics researcher in the American University of Cairo, Mohamed won with his talk about controlling single atoms and how it paved the way for the new Nanotechnology. Mohammad presented the impact of Nanotechnology on our future. Holding the high school Physics book, Mohammad concluded with the message that studying Physics should be made more attractive for students because Physics is the key to inventions and technologies that will shape our future.
Mohamed won a ticket to the UK to attend the Cheltenham Science Festival including the FameLab Grand Finals.
The student prize went to Fady Archie, an engineering student at the German University in Cairo. His presentation was entitled "Do Materials Feel?!" where he illustrated how a future concept of artificial intelligence can emerge depending on augmented materials that can express pain via changes in colour, texture... etc.
Fady won a summer course in Portugal. The prize is fully sponsored by the Euro Mediterranean University.
The audience voice went to Mai Megahed a Microbiology Masters student in the Faculty of Science, Menufia University. Mai’s presentation entitled "Extraction of Gold by Planting" the presentation was in the form of storytelling explaining the use of Indian mustard in extracting gold from mines instead of using the traditional ways which shall return with an economic benefit especially in the newly discovered gold in Egypt's eastern desert.
Mai’s performance won the hearts and minds of the majority of the audience who unanimously gave her their vote. Mai won a communication course and English course at the British Council.
The ten finalists won i-phones and Dell Notebook from Vodafone Egypt and computer hard disks from Research, Development and Innovation Programme.
The competition is taking place in Egypt next year as well, keep following up, you might be 2011 winner!
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