DOHA: Qatar’s Mohammed Al Housani has won the Stars of Science contest for a solar energy device, carrying home $300,000 after a thrilling television finale on Saturday.
The sixth season of Qatar Foundation’s ‘edutainment reality’ TV program on MBC4 saw Sultan AlSubhi of Oman walk away with the second prize of $150,000. He developed a robot — Wudu1 — for cleaning the area used for performing ablutions.
Rania Bou Jaoudeh of Lebanon won the third prize of $100,000 for her Automatic Zucchini Corer invention Corizta. Al Housani earned a total score of 49.6 percent from public voting and a jury deliberation for his Efficient Solar Energy System, named Taqatech. Thieab Al Dossary, inventor of Feelix, the Tactile Communication Bracelet, bagged the fourth prize with a combined score of 7.6 percent.
Thanking QF, the organisers, Al Housani said: “Stars of Science was an incredible experience made unforgettable by my fellow candidates as well as the programme’s mentors, judges and viewers. It is my hope that others around the region are encouraged to participate in Stars of Science.” Online applications for the next session of Stars of Science close on December 10. The Peninsula
