Students from Toolooa State High School have been named the Gladstone region winners of the 2026 Future Makers STEM Inventors Challenge in a ceremony at Central Queensland University recently.
Brothers Yousef and Seif in Years 7 and 9 presented their innovative prototype in an impressive tabletop display, called ‘From Harmful Green to Food for Native Marine’, which is a blue-green algae filtration system. The solar-powered, AI-piloted aquatic drone is designed to purify lakes and dams infested with the toxic cyanobacteria that threaten the health of people, wildlife, livestock and ecosystems. The device would also map out algae blooms and predict future outbreaks.
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