Akelu, the winning idea of RAIn 2017

Giuseppe Chessa, Francesco Mulas and Walter Piazzi, from Scientific and Language High School ‘Fermi’, authors of the video ‘Ákelu’, are the winners of the first prize of the competition ‘RAIn – Tell Me the Story of Future and Innovation’, 2017 edition, organised by Saras and by association Sardegna2050.

They chose to cover a new frontier of the world of work: the production, with 3D printers, of objects to be made available to a community, through a web portal. Their motto is: ‘if you can imagine it, you can do it!’.

They will travel to Barcelona, to visit the FabLab where they will learn about the most exciting new inventions.

‘Businesses must get in touch with students and help them understand reality, not least to motivate them in their studies. If the students also enjoy themselves in the process, as in this case, and have a chance of winning some nice prizes, this can only be good’, said the Head of the Regional School Authority, Francesco Feliziani, commenting on the initiative of Saras and Sardegna 2050 when handing out the prize. Journalist Nicola Pisu hosted the event.

The second prize was given by the Head of the Young Industrialists’ Association, Alessandra Argiolas, to the students of the Giua School of Cagliari, for the video on ‘ARTS – Auto Rescue Tracheotomy System’, showing the operation of an emergency aid system in case of choking.

Alessandro Sechi, Federico Scioni and Valentino Zuliani (with their teacher, Mr Alessandro Zizi, who conceived their HiLab) will travel to Turin to visit an innovative startup and the Museum of Film.

The third prize was handed over by the head of ICT of the Saras Group, Mr Bruno Demuru, to the students of the ‘Bacaredda’ School of Cagliari, Matteo Vaccargiu, Lucrezia Pinna and Nicole Melis (with teacher Maria Luisa Zonno), for their video entitled ‘Nanotechnologies for a great future’.

They won three Go Pro action cameras.

Lastly, a special mention for the theme chosen was given by the coordinator of Sardegna2050 Simone Ferrari to the students of the Art school in Oristano.

In the video ‘Sardegna, 2070’, Sandro Pisanu, Angelo Frau and Riccardo Deias (teacher: Francesco Casale) imagine a future drought-ridden Sardinia where people are ready to kill for this precious resource.