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Hi,I am Peter Cullen, the voice of OPTIMUS PRIME.

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I’m here today at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

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with the next generation of engineers.

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The winning teams for the 2017

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NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Promotion and Research Challenge,

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otherwise known as NASA OPSPARC.

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These young creative minds took NASA technology and

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were able to use it to solve different problems they witnessed out in the world.

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Hi, I’m….Sienna, I'm Olivia, I'm Mila, I'm Carolyn.

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We’re from Fidalgo Elementary School in Anacortes, WA.

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We came up with a turbine to power your house by harnessing waste

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water draining from the sinks,

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showers, and other water spouts in your house.

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How did you come up with that idea?

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We wanted to solve the problem of non-renewable resources.

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Because these resources run out, people can't do necessary things,

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such as cooking.

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We started researching turbines and found a turbine that

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turns water into electricity,

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this is called hydroelecticity.

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Then we applied to water waste in your house.

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Having done our research

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we designed a prototype and then gathered

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our materials and tools to bring our idea to life.

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And that was it?

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No, we had to test and evaluate it.

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We originally had foil over the cut up pieces

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of plastic bottle to represent the blades

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we tested the turbine with the foil and realized 

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that the foil could not take the pressure of the water spilling down

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because the foil would always fall off.

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So we fixed the blades by taking the foil off and covering

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them with duct tape.

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When we finalized our design

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we made a glob full of pictures and videos.

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You too can come up with a cool solution like that.

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Join us for next year's OPSPARC challenge

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where creativity and technology come together

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and new ideas are formed.

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Be the Spark, Join OPSPARC!

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