Another champ Mihir Garimella, 14year old student from Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania excelled at his project called 'Flybot: Mimicking Fruit Fly Response Patterns For Threat Evasion'. Garimella developed flying robots, which could be used for a variety of tasks. He was inspired by Japan’s Kinect-equipped quadrotor, after 2011 earthquake to autonomously carry out search and rescue missions in collapsed buildings.

Garimella says his aim is to create a simpler, faster and more practical method of committed threat evasion, just like the fruit flies which aptly react to the threat. He seems to be an active enterprising child who has been participating in science fairs since sixth grade. He also wishes to be a researcher or entrepreneur.

Alan Turing, whose fundamental work continues to shape the field of computer science is Garimella’s idol and also Elon Musk, who applies his knowledge and vision to solving large-scale problems.

The prizes which these kids are going to get are all the more exciting for the youngsters. Winner of the Google award receives a $50,000 scholarship, gets to spend 10 days in the Galapagos Islands from National Geographic Expeditions, a behind-the-scenes tour of Virgin Galactic Spaceport, an LEGO prize pack , and one of three experiences offered by LEGO, NatGeo, and Google.

Google duly honors the schools from which the kids hail from. The winner’s school will receive $10,000 for computers or lab equipment as well as one year access to Scientific American.

The age category winners like Garimella enjoy experiences at LEGO Education, National Geographic or Google, $25,000 scholarships, and other such exciting perquisites.

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