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Denham Springs students win state Samsung award, pitch SafetyC app; Keep Livingston Beautiful reports spike in cleanups
Summary
Students from Denham Springs High School showed a prototype sensor and app called SafetyC designed to let residents sample and monitor carbon dioxide in Lake Maripah; the team won Louisiana’s Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest and a $12,000 technology grant.
Denham Springs High School students on Feb. 27 presented a prototype device and smartphone app they call SafetyC — a sensor-and-app system the students say would let residents test and monitor carbon dioxide levels in Lake Maripah and access local water-quality information.
Teacher Mark Zweig explained the class competed in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow program and said the student team had worked with university faculty and professionals to develop the idea. "We came up with a solution that we think is novel," Zweig said. The students demonstrated a…
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