Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

...the Billboard 's Next Big Sound toppers

Pinoy group SB19 enters Billboard' s Next Big Sound Chart

 ABS-CBN News
20 November 2019

MANILA -- Pinoy pop group SB19 has earned a spot on a Billboard chart which lists musical acts for their fast-rising popularity.


On Wednesday, SB19 grabbed the sixth spot on Billboard's Next Big Sound chart, behind K-pop boy band A.C.E.
he Next Big Sound chart tracks "the fastest accelerating artists during the past week, across all major social music sites, statistically predicted to achieve future success," according to the Billboard website.

The chart is measured by Next Big Sound, an American company which provides analytics on online music.

Fans of the five-member group took to social media to celebrate the milestone, with the hashtag #SB19onBillboardNBS topping local Twitter trends on Wednesday morning.
Comprised of Sejun, Stell, Ken, Josh, and Justin, SB19 debuted in October 2018 with the song "Tilaluha."
The group achieved mainstream popularity after a video of the members' dance practice for their sophomore single, "Go Up," went viral on social media in September.
  • The group, which is managed by a Korean entertainment company and whose members trained in South Korea, is noted for its synchronized dance performances.




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Saturday, October 5, 2019

...the kid designer

7-year-old Filipina named aircraft design competition winner
Gabriel  Baron
Manila Bulletin
05 October 2019
A seven-year-old Filipina was announced as regional winner in future aircraft design competition launched by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).


Helene Margaret Bariso Elias (fornt row in blue dress) joins the other winners of the ICAO competition on design of future aircraft. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Embassy in Canada / MANILA BULLETIN)
Helene Margaret Bariso Elias (front row in blue dress) joins the other winners of the ICAO competition on design of future aircraft. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Embassy in Canada / MANILA BULLETIN)

Helene Margaret Bariso Elias received her award at awarding ceremonies held on September 22 in Montreal, Canada.

The Filipina was accompanied by her parents when she received the award.

Philippine Ambassador to Canada Petronila Garcia sent a letter to Elias early September informing her of her achievement ahead of the public announcement made by ICAO.

Garcia thanked Elias for “making the Philippines proud of her accomplishment at such a young age.”

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

...the teen inventor

This 15-Year-Old Invented A Way To Charge Your Phone With Your Shoes

 

                                            
By Taylor Trudon








 
There's nothing quite as annoying -- or panic-inducing -- as having a dying phone battery with no charger in sight. But thanks to one 15-year-old whiz kid, that problem might soon be solved.

Filipino teen Angelo Casimiro has invented a special kind of footwear that can generate electricity simply by walking. By doing so, it can charge small battery-operated devices like smartphones.

"The average human takes 7,000 steps a day. So I asked myself, 'Maybe it's possible to harvest electricity through our footsteps. Maybe I can charge my phone or my flashlight with it,'" says Casimiro in his Google Science Fair 2014 entry.

Watch Casimiro describe his project above.

According to InterAksyon.com, one of Casimiro's experiments gave his phone 10 minutes of battery power by playing basketball for two hours straight.

"I'm a Filipino. I live in the Philippines. And just by looking around my surroundings, I can see that a lot of people are suffering from poverty," explains Casimiro. "A simple source of light is a big deal for people who don't have electricity."

 
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