Category: Good News
-
Cluj charity creates an app to help donate food to people in need
As many statistics have shown, many countries in the European Union are wasting foods. 53% of the food wastage comes from individuals, 19% from food processing and 12% from food services. A charity association called Warm Meal thought about changing this, although now only on a local level. In Cluj-Napoca, the association has created an…
-
Thanks to a group of students, Cluj restaurants now have menus in Braille
A wonderful project has been adopted by several restaurants in Cluj-Napoca. The restaurants will now also have special Braille menus, along with classic menus. Blind people will now not have any problems when they want to order something to eat or drink. The project was created by several students from Onisifor Ghibu highschool in Cluj and…
-
Romanian students invent the intelligent chair that tells you when you have a bad posture
A group of students from Cluj-Napoca Technical University has created an intelligent chair that warns the person that sits on them if they have a bad posture. The chair will also warn the sitter if they have spent too much time sitting. The four students are now looking for a partner to produce these chairs…
-
Apps invented by high school students: the portable EKG and the app that prevents railroad accidents
Several students from an IT high school in Bucharest have invented several useful apps. In a time where most teenagers watch youtube videos or waste time on Snapchat, the five Romanian students have used their IT knowledge in a useful way. According to digi24, Horia, Ricardo, Mihnea, Dimitrie, and Bogdan have used their coding knowledge…
-
The amazing Tibi Useriu wins the Arctic Ultra 6633 ultra-marathon for the third time!
The amazing Tibi Useriu has managed to win the ultramarathon Arctic Ultra 6633 for the third time. Many people have followed him during this tough trip and saw him fighting to get through the tough cold. Tibi will now go down in history as the only person in the world to win the race three times.…
-
Bison Land wins second place at the Best of 100 Awards Ceremony in Berlin
Bison Land has won the second place at the Best of 100 Awards Ceremony in Berlin, Best of Nature category. The prize is given to the most appreciated green touristic areas in the world. This is the first time an area from Romania has won such an award. The competition was organized within the Tourism…
-
High school student creates social business that funds school trips for low income students
A high school student from Zalau has managed to found a social business through which she sells food to high school children and she uses the profit to help poor children go on free trips. Andreea Chis is only 18 years old and she is studying at the Silvania National College in Zalau. She has…
-
Romanian woman invents portable fingerprint reader to be used for medical records
A Romanian woman has invented a portable scanner that stores medical data. Alexandra Grigore is the founder of an organization who has invented a special scanner that is used to scan people’s fingerprints and that stores their medical information. The device is now used in Africa and in Asia. The scanner is mobile and it…
-
Rares Darius Buhai included in the International IT Hall of Fame for winning four gold medals at the International IT Olympiad
A young student from Bistrita was placed 2nd in the Hall of Fame of the IT international Olympiad. In the history of the Olympiad, only two young students have managed to win 4 gold medals by participating in the Olympiad four times. These were Rares Darius Buhai and a student from Poland, Filip Wolski. The…
-
Rimetea village awarded by the European Commission
Great news from the European Commission as Rimetea village, from Alba county has been awarded. The village was given the award due to the fact that they have managed to preserve many traditional houses since 1999. Many locals and NGOs have contributed to restoring and preserving 138 traditional houses. One year after that the National…
positivenewsromania.com 