The winners of the 13th annual SCORE! competition

Two photos of the winners. Left photo: The two high schoolers on the main stage by the OIST dais during their presentation. One of them is wearing a white safety helmet, with a red radio transceiver attached on the left side, and a red utility box on the other side. A camera is attached to the top of the helmet. The presenter is pointing towards the screen while talking into a microphone. Right photo: The presenters in the middle flanked by an OIST scientist on either side, on the main stage.

he winners of the 13th annual SCORE! from the National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College, who presented an innovative safety helmet for facilitating disaster response, (on the left photo) together with Professor Christine Luscombe (left) and Dr. Yohei Morita (right) from OIST.

Date:
25 March 2025

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