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13 | Friday, November 4, 2 0 1 6 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Oakville teen's invention wins award at Ontario Science Centre by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff Oakville teen Emma Mogus is already making her mark on the global scientific community. On the heels of laurels at science and engineering fairs for her invention of a tonguecontrolled device that helps people with severe physical disabilities use computers more easily, the 18-year-old was presented with the Ontario Science Centre's 2016 Weston Youth Innovation Award Wednesday (Nov. 2) in a special ceremony held at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. Mogus, who graduated from White Oaks Secondary School, currently attends McMaster University in Hamilton on a $80,000 scholarship to study Chemical and Physical Sciences. In addition to the award, she was given a $2,000 prize for her creative application of science towards solving a real Delivering The 2 0 1 6 Weston Youth Innovation Award Winner, Emma Mogus, w ith the Tongue-Interface-Communication (TiC), a tongue controlled com puter mouse and a larger-than-life model of her award-winning invention. Home Comfort From Our Family To Yours Since 1967 \PPLEBY SYSTEM S F IR E P L A C E , H E A T IN G & A IR C O N D IT IO N IN G C O N T R A C T O R S | submitted photo world problem. An animation and display showcasing her invention Tongue-InterfaceCommunication (TiC), is currently begin exhibited at the Ontario Science Centre's Western Family Innovation Centre. The short animated video can also be viewed SAVE $300 0 Have a maintenance i tune-up on your furnace or fireplace and receive up to $30.00 1 off your final bill 1 OAKVILLE 905.825.1893 BURLINGTON905.335.3203 2086 SPEERS RD., OAKVILLE w w w .a p p le b y s y s te m s .c a C o m e S e e O u r SH O W R O O M Mon - Fri. 8 am - 5 pm; Saturday 11am - 4 pm see Science on p.17 SCHOOL IRANSPORHMN fir sn 4 n W IN D O W S - D O O R S - C O V E R IN G S v is it o u r G a lle ry c o rn e r o f B ro n te & D u n d a s 905-827-3331 fa s a d a .c a m ln lm im m 6 S llh o u a n a· n tm a n a *o rD u o tto *w tttiP o w a V T e wa idr a c o k r eaF R E E M a r tL a a m ln gIh a rm o o a tb y JN a a tC a nI n d o o r .W ilda tp a m d p a tn gr o ta o no n ly .F o rIKd a lsllj.v U d th a *o td a iiio a .c a . OAKVILLE'S LOWEST RATES!!

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