ilo IntelliCasier

poki pi ilo sona. ni li tawa jan lili pi tomo sona.

Distinctions

• First prize in category “Senior Single” at the 2016 Young Inventors and Creators Contest of Monts: 300 € given by the UTAI, cup of the Concours Lépine, gold medal of the Concours Lépine and a booth for the 2016 European Concours Lépine of Strasbourg
• Silver medal at the 2016 European Concours Lépine of Strasbourg

Appearances

• Followed during the creation in the TV show “Reportages Découverte” at the 13 h Newscast of the channel TF1, broadcast on the 12 November 2016, and many more times later
• Interview in the TV show “Le Grand Talk” on the December 22, 2016 on TV Tours (replay available here)
• Two small interviews (“flash”) on the “NRJ” radio and a bigger one (first flash available here, second flash available here)
• Multiple articles in the newspaper “la Nouvelle République” (including Un étudiant prometteur, Les inventeurs de Vaucanson récompensés, Palmarès du vingtième Salon des inventeurs)
• Article in the “Capital” magazine
• Article in the “Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace” magazine
• Article in the local magazine “Le Membrollais” and on the town’s website

Code (MIT license)

• First version’s GitHub repository (Monts Show)
• Second version’s GitHub repository (Concours Lépine)

Documents

• Report for the “C. génial” contest, explaining the making of the first prototype
• Poster presented at the Monts show
• Presentation video of the first prototype for the “C. génial” contest

lipu lili mute

The locker’s doors in my high school have two grids of 8x8 holes. I once saw a student that have put a few 5 mm LED through some of these holes, and it looked quite fun. I then had the idea to do something more complex based on that principle, and started working on my IntelliCasier. I won't write up all the making of the first prototype, I made a report which details everything.

I then installed this prototype 3 or 4 weeks at my high school, which drew attention of the students, who then gave me positive feedback on the idea. On the advice of my physics’ teacher, I signed up for the C. génial contest, but I was not selected to further participate in the contest. I was then encouraged to present my creation at the 2016 Young Inventors and Creators Show of Monts, a nice show that I’m used to visiting each year because my father’s students often showcase their school projects there.

The UTAI gives me the first prize, with 300 €, a cup and a gold medal of the Concours Lépine, along with a booth at the 2016 European Concours Lépine of Strasbourg.
For this contest, I’ve built a new prototype, more serious (no more games) and with a more consumer-oriented product.
A 3D printed white case covers an LCD display, a few buttons and a Wi-Fi microcontroller. This module can easily be fixed to any locker’s door with a few fixing holes.