LINT FARMING, ELECTRIC BANANAS AMONG ODD STUDENT EXPERIMENTS

LINT FARMING, ELECTRIC BANANAS AMONG ODD STUDENT EXPERIMENTS

PHILADELPHIA (Wireless Flash) -- In the near future, plants may be grown in old clothing lint instead of dirt. That's the idea behind high school student Jennifer Boyd's novel growing system which uses, believe it or not, leftover lint from clothing manufacturers. Boyd's project is just one of many at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair being held in Philadelphia this week. Other student scientists with unusual experiments include... -- A teenage boy from India who's found a way to generate electricity using overripe bananas. -- A Puerto Rican girl who's come up with a way to make food out of cellulose, which is usually used to make sponges and paper. -- And, finally, there's an Arizona girl who's created a gizmo to alert authorities whenever a child or animal is trapped in an overheated car.

CONTACT: Arrange student interviews with Stefanie Jacobowitz; NYC; (212) 598-3643