Google is launching a competition for young inventors

The internet giant Google has launched its ideas competition for young scientists from 13 to 18 years.

The competition, which is the third edition, is open to young people worldwide aged 13-18 years, who can submit their nominations until April 30. The winners will be chosen by a jury of scientists and inventors, Google said on its website dedicated googlesciencefair.com.

"Many great scientists have developed very young curiosity for science and have made ??great discoveries that have changed our way of life," said Sam Peter in charge of this contest on the Google blog. Louis Braille invented has at the age of 16 years an alphabet for visually impaired and inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell had experimented during his adolescence, says Peter.

The Internet giant, known for investing in projects like the original drive cars or glasses connected to the Internet, organized in partnership with the Contest including the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the toymaker Lego .

Past winners had submitted proposals on the early diagnosis of breast cancer, the underwater ecosystem, or listening to music for the hearing impaired says Peter. The winners will be celebrated on September 23 on the Google campus in California, will receive a grant of 50 000 $ and leave on a trip to the Galapagos Islands with National Geographic.