Tech
A 17-year-old designs a superdrone and the Department of Defense comes knocking on the door with $23,000 in hand
An invention that has been awarded multiple grants.
The new generations are coming on strong, with a digital and technological world that is familiar to them from the first moment, and proof of this is the ability that some have to stand out at a very young age. A good example of this is Cooper Taylor, a 17-year-old American student, who has created a VTOL, or what is the same, a vertical take-off and landing drone.
What is most impressive about his invention? The fact that he has made it using 3D printed components, thus addressing with his design machine efficiency issues and also greatly reducing its economic cost. A drone that costs about one-fifth the price of comparable commercial models, which sell for several thousand dollars.
A much more cost-effective technology
Cooper Taylor has built as many as six prototypes, handling everything from 3D printing the hardware to programming the drone software and soldering the circuit boards.
Outstanding work that has earned him an $8,000 scholarship at the Youth Science and Humanities Symposium, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. In addition, a $15,000 grant from the U.S. Navy, which is quite an achievement for a young talent who has shown that it is possible to make this type of unmanned aircraft much more efficiently, thus helping more people and fields to have access to them.
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