Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy develop ACT app to improve responsiveness to emergencies at community level
Laoise, Ciara and Saoirse Murphy from Presentation Secondary School in Tralee, Co Kerry , won the Young Scientist competition. Photograph: Chris Bellew/PASisters Ciara , Saoirse and Laoise Murphy from Presentation Secondary School, Tralee, were presented with their prize by Minister for EducationTheir ACT app is designed to improve responsiveness at community level “by integrating crucial features to provide swift and effective aid during critical situations”.
Over the past year they built a fully functional app that is compatible with other communications systems. “It has been successfully tested, and we have expanded our stakeholder collaborators,” Ciara said. Tomás Markey from St Brogan’s College, Bandon, won Best Individual prize with his project PM-DAC: A System for removing CO2 from the atmosphere. Photograph: Alan Betson
Organic fertiliser can get a bad press, he said, but using comfrey does not reduce yield, is low cost and better for the environment, with less excess nitrates ending up in water. “There is a 10.6 per cent reduction in CO2. I was very happy with that,” he said.
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