INNOKOULU



2007
Category Prize Prizewinner School Locality of the school Idea
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Anne Hellsten and Katja Muhonen South Karelia Vocational College Lappeenranta The project "Stimulating activities as part of rehabilitation care" explains the significance of stimulating activities in rehabilitation. This final project is especially meritorious thanks to its inventive and creative application to practice. The topical theme and creativity requirements for practical nurses have been understood in an excellent way in this project as part of approach to rehabilitation work.
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Jenni Lampinen South Karelia Vocational College Taipalsaari In the project "Trial runs with ceramic doctor blades in a coating machine", the student shows both a great interest in developing the production processes and initiative to tackle this challenging subject. The aim of the trial runs was to find out if reject rate could be reduced and if an even quality could be obtained faster by using ceramic blades.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Jesse Lempiäinen Lönnrot School Steerable shopping trolley: a trolley for elderly people.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Joonas Lahin Tyysterniemi School Protective glove: a glove that protects you from cutting your fingers when you work with sharp tools.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Juho Silventoinen and Leevi Susimaa Lavola School Noise collector: sucks noise through a hose into its stomach. The noise collector sucks the loud babble of voices from a school lunch room in order that pupils can eat peacefully. It first warns by saying: "Silence!". If this does not help, it starts sucking the noise.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Kasper Kettunen Alakylä School Living traffic light: a living traffic light prevents disobedient people, including motorists, from driving or walking at red light.
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Kati Kosonen South Karelia Vocational College The project "Determining the fibre content in black liquor - an alternative to sinter" describes how effective recovery of black liquor in the process and its reliable determination are of great importance both economicly and environmentally. In the experimental section of the study, the student has shown creativity and problem solving skills in finding novel solutions. As a whole, the final project shows an innovative and energetic approach to various solution models.
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Mikko Koho South Karelia Vocational College Imatra The project "Automated natural gas compressor station, and electrical installations in rooms with danger of explosion" covers an extensive subject matter. In addition to a compressor station, the student looked into electrical installations in all kinds of rooms with danger of explosion. Actually, such rooms exist in almost every industrial plant. This project is awarded on the following basis: the subject is topical, the study is well made and it has increased the student's proficiency.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Mila Sederholm, Petriina Penttinen and Noora Heikkonen Lavola School Temperature-regulated headset: with this headset you can both listen to music and control warm and cool air distribution. You can also record singing into the headset and listen to what you have sung.
2006
Category Prize Prizewinner School Locality of the school Idea
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Eveliina Salo North Karelia College A traditional bridal box that has been re-designed to combine traditions, practicality and modern design. This versatile piece of furniture can also be used as a coffee table and is ready for serial production.
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Jarko Törmänen North Karelia College Learn and practice ashtanga yoga by using an animated program. The movements of the human figure in the animation have been created using Motion Capture technology where the movement and motion paths of a real person is recorded and an animated figure is then added to them. The computer animation gives easy, safe and detailed yoga instructions. A program of this kind has not been used before.
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Jenni Saarinen North Karelia College The product innovation is a coat for persons who even with an assistant have difficulty in putting on a coat. The coat is made of two separate parts. It is therefore easy for the assistant to separately put each part on the client. In respect of clothes for a disabled or sick person, special attention must be given to that they are easy to put on and take off and that they are functional.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Minttu Mecklin and Iina Törrönen Karsikko School Joensuu ‘hyppix’ motorised skipping-bar, with accessories, for outside use.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Nea Pietilä and Minja Kauppila Mäkkylä School Espoo Shoe radar to warn visually impaired of obstacles.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Niko Kuiri, Samuli Naukkarinen, Joona Ojala, Tomi, Räsänen and Waltteri Sorjonen Utra School Joensuu Snow pusher with excellent accessories for versatile all-year use.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Roope Valomäki Karsikko School Joensuu Flexible building blocks that are visible in the dark and can be magnetically attached to each other to build, for example, a lamp.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Susanna Laukkanen Noljakka School Joensuu Wash basin with excellent, adequate grips for elderly people.
2005
Category Prize Prizewinner School Locality of the school Idea
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Akseli Ketola Ruosniemi School Traffic sign visible in the dark. There is a light inside the traffic sign. The sign is plastic coated so that no water gets inside.
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Arno Munnukka Pyynikki Institute The final project describes an autonomous robot that enables the production of service solutions for specific needs. This small robot is able to move in narrow ventilation ducts and gathers information on the need for repair and maintenance by using its ‘senses of touch, hearing and sight’. As soon as the robot is productised and commercialised, it will have a bright future.
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Jussi Suihkonen Mänttä Regional Education Center Siemens Simatic Step7 – program development. This final project includes innovative solutions to the problems of logic in existing industrial processes. The project was done at the plant of Sulzer Pumps Finland in Mänttä, where the solutions applied in the pipe storage area of the test station removed the problems of moving the pipes on the storage walls and improved the smoothness and accuracy of pipe changes
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Kaisa Maansalo Pirkanmaa College Innovative coloured knitted jacket. Maisansalo introduces a new technique to create individual knitted patterns. She has created a computer program and a method for computer-aided making of pictures on knitted products by using a knitting machine, as early as in the production stage. The advantages of this method are shorter production stages, easy-care, impressiveness, durability and versatility.
Comprehensive School Category Honourable Mention Kallela School Kallela School Kallela School was awarded an honourable mention for active participation in INNOSCHOOL 2005.
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Kim Suomalainen Ruosniemi School Keijo Kätevä. Keijo Kätevä is a wiper wheel with a water-absorbing cloth around it. The table is wiped by pushing the wiper wheel back and forth.
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Tommi Täyrynen Valkeakoski Vocational Institute Computer-aided music composition. A method for easy production of high quality music. It allows a short cut: not even beginners need to look for all sources or try every possibility but are quickly able to make music themselves
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Vilma Hilden Toejoki Elementary School Do-it-yourself rucksack. The rucksack can be coloured and patterned with the textile dyes and decorations accompanying the rucksack
2004
Category Prize Prizewinner School Locality of the school Idea
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Iida Piirainen, Anne Ruohoniemi, Eemeli Ilomäki, Roosa Piirainen, Matti Karjalainen, Pekka Kangasniemi, Krista Lahti and Maiju Mäki-Kihniä, Saku-Petteri Salmi and Petteri Mäntykoski Kihniä School Escape slide for classrooms, equipment to improve physical condition, prevention of bullying, snack for pupils in the lower forms
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Jaakko Lindholm Kuru Institute of Forestry Wind power engine borne by a concrete element
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Marja Luoma and Susanna Myyryläinen Hervanta Institute Eyeglasses with + and – focus
Vocational School Category Sanna Laaksonen Tampere Institute of Health Care Accident button
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Sanna Lehtonen, Sini-Joanna Romo and Jemina Suikkonen Tampere Commercial College Luminous tag / carrier bag combination
2003
Category Prize Prizewinner School Locality of the school Idea
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Aino Erkinaro (2nd grade) Oulunsuu School Oulu Y-shaped toothbrush that brushes both sides of the teeth at the same time
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Jari Ryönänkoski (KO 1) Oulu College of Culture and Technology Oulu Anti-theft alarm where an alarm device, for example in a hand bag, is activated by using a remote control
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Juha Nyman (TT 1) Oulu College of Culture and Technology Oulu Mobile phone charger which uses wind power and enables charging without mains power in remote districts
Vocational School Category Innoschool Prize Jussi Honkanen (AT 1) Oulu College of Culture and Technology Oulu Solar-powered car ventilator where solar panels on the roof of the car supply power to the ventilators in a parked car
Comprehensive School Category Innoschool Prize Oskari Ervasti and Antti Räsänen (2nd grade) Rajakylä School Oulu Bottle filling machine which fills the buyer?s own bottles with a selected soft drink without increasing the consumption of bottles
Vocational School Category Honourable Mention Oulu College of Culture and Technology Oulu College of Culture and Technology Oulu Active participation in Innoschool
2002
Category Prize Prizewinner School Locality of the school Idea
High school category Honourable Mention Anssi Roiha, 1st grade Palokka High School Jyväskylä Drawing pin remover
Comprehensive School Category 1st prize (600 euros) Henri Flinkman, (1st grade) Pohjanlampi School Jyväskylä Double pedestrian crossing
High school category 2nd prize (400 euros) Joonas Härmä and Tuomas Korpela, 1st grade Palokka High School Jyväskylä After-shower warmer
Comprehensive School Category Joint 2nd prize (400 euros) Juho Johansson, 2nd grade Primary School of the Toivakka parish village Jyväskylä Detector of poisonous mushrooms
Comprehensive School Category Joint 2nd prize (400 euros) Laura Jäntti, 1st grade Muuratsalo School Jyväskylä Cyclist?s helmet with key holder
High school category 1st prize (600 euros) Leena-Kaisa Kammonen, 1st grade Palokka High School Jyväskylä Crumb-free table
Comprehensive School Category Honourable Mention Maria Turpeinen, 2nd grade Muuratsalo School Jyväskylä Double stairs
Comprehensive School Category Honourable Mention Muuratsalo School Muuratsalo School Jyväskylä Active participation in and exemplary preparation for the INNOSCHOOL 2002 event
High school category Honourable Mention Olli Saikkonen, 1st grade Palokka High School Jyväskylä Adjustable chair
Comprehensive School Category Honourable Mention Sampo Klemetti, 2nd grade Muuratsalo School Jyväskylä Heatable teddy bear
2001
Category Prize Prizewinner School Locality of the school Idea
Comprehensive School Category 1st prize (3,000 Finnish marks) Annika Rosendahl, 7th grade Arppe School Kitee Idea about a wrist watch functioning with the aid of the pulse
Comprehensive School Category Honourable Mention Arppe School Arppe School Kitee, Finland Honourable mention for the most active participation in the INNOSCHOOL event
Comprehensive School Category 2nd prize (2,000 Finnish marks) Ville Kiimala, 7th grade Syväkangas School Kemi Model for a remote control for windows and Venetian blinds