A 10-year-old Australian girl has won a trip to NASA after inventing an easy-to-use bandage dispenser while she was going through chemotherapy.
Bridgette Veneris from Melbourne won the littleBIGidea competition with her simple design for a system that makes it quicker and easier to unpeel sticky bandages, and has been named Australia's best young inventor.
 |
| Photo by Dstudio Bcn on Unsplash |
"It makes me feel amazing, I never thought I could win the prize," she said.
Bridgette came up with the idea after she was diagnosed with leukaemia last year.
She could see her parents and nurses struggle with unwrapping the bandages and decided she would create a system that was more ecological and practical.
After a few experiments she developed a concept plan and prototype, where the bandages rolled out like sticky tape.
"I thought, if no-one is going to do something about it, then this problem is just going to go on forever," Bridgette said.
While most 10-year-olds dream of going to Disneyland, Bridgette said she had always dreamed of visiting NASA.
Her competition victory is making that dream come true.
