![]() told the Gateway he couldn’t believe it when he was named innovator of the year. “It doesn’t have much suspension, so it would just bounce, and your pet wouldn’t like that.” “It’s not exactly made for taking to a dog park,” Jeremy N. The model was just a bit smaller than the small size Pet Car customers could purchase.īahr was curious if she could take Pet Car to dog parks. He used a Remote Control (RC) car he had at home, added walls to the sides and placed a stuff animal inside. The powerful motor will allow the car to go over small bumps, Jeremy N. The car moves about the same speed as your walking pet. He told the audience to think of Pet Car like the robotic vacuum, Roomba, moving around the house, avoiding bumping into things. Pet Car has sensors and cameras that, combined with the pets head movement, tell the car to move in the desired direction. The car could be controlled by the pet or by the owner with an app. said he would produce three different Pet Car sizes: small ($349), medium ($549) and large ($749). He suggested the car only be used for dogs, cats and possibly birds. “Pets like to move around the house and not stay in one spot.” “Pets need to be happy, and pet car helps with that,” Jeremy N. Pets can get inside the car and move around the house. Pet Car is a motorized car for injured and disabled pets. Cheyenne Boone/The News TribuneĪt the end of the competition, the sharks crowned Jeremy N., a fifth-grader at Pioneer, innovator of the year for his invention, Pet Car. Jeremy won first place and became Pioneer Elementary’s innovator of the year. presents his invention called “Pet Car” to his peers while competing in the 2023 3D Print & Design “Shark Tank” Competition at the school in Gig Harbor, Wash. Pioneer Elementary fifth grader Jeremy N. Sharks were Krestin Bahr, PSD superintendent Natalie Wimberly, PSD school board president John Savage, owner of Egnyte Gig Harbor Diego Opalka, application engineer at Egnyte Mike Schmid, head of publishing at Rec Room and a Pioneer dad and Amy Flippo, who is a Realtor, owner of Harbor Nest and Pioneer mom. The top five creations advanced to the Shark Tank on May 5, where they presented their prototypes in front of the entire school and six sharks (the judges). Students and staff voted for their favorite creations via a Google doc sent out by Towner. The event mimicked the reality TV show where entrepreneurs present their business plans to a panel of potential investors. Towner gave his students the option to enter their prototypes into Pioneer’s second annual Shark Tank competition, and 29 students took on the challenge. ![]() “They had to be able to create something they could explain through engineering and science,” Towner said.Īll 161 students who created prototypes received a 3D print of their designs from the Pioneer 3D printers. Students had a few requirements when it came to their creations.Įach invention or innovation needed to be a modification of something that already exists or something brand new - no magic. “This software allows students to plan out their thinking in a 3D way, even if they are not planning on printing their design with a 3D printer,” Towner told the Gateway. ![]() Students used Tinkercad, a free web app for computer assisted design (CAD) to create a prototype of an invention or innovation to solve real world problems. The unit was taught by Justin Towners, the school’s innovation specialist. Pioneer is the only STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) project-based learning school in the Peninsula School District. Nine students at Pioneer Elementary entered the Shark Tank on Friday, and the sharks bit at a product to keep disabled pets happy.Īll 161 fourth and fifth graders at Pioneer participated in a week-long unit in Innovation on 3D Printing and Design.
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