
SCIENCE FAIR ACCOLADES
Congratulations to Caleb Kodama, who wrote
last issue (“Sick Sniffer,” Make: Volume 81) about
adapting Benjamin Cabé’s AI-powered artificial
nose (“Second Sense,” Volume 77) for a school
science fair project to detect fungal pneumonia. At
press time, Kodama had placed 2nd at the county
level and his pneumonia detector was headed for
the state competition. Well, the results are in:
“I just won First Place in the 71st annual
California Science & Engineering Fair. There were
854 participants from 343 schools throughout the
state who presented 720 projects in competition.”
MAKER FAIRE FORETOLD
Hired in 1967 to create an educational ...