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  1. Davidson Institute by Rakishi · · Score: 5, Informative · on How Do You Educate a Prodigy?

    Contact this place, they can probably give you better advice than most anyone on slashdot or anywhere really:
    Davidson Institute

    They're funded by the Davidson family who after making a mint in education software (enough to buy Blizzard in the 90s) moved onto more directly charitable endeavors. The institute runs a school for the gifted in nevada, provide nationwide help for gifted children and also give out a yearly fellowship. Probably other programs as well.

    Basically, they know more about all the options that exist than anyone here and are very friendly people. The last one is key, btw, since some programs are run by bureaucratic cretins who actually consider it a waste of their time to help people. These people aren't like that.

    I could try to summarize the options I know of but, frankly, it'd be an incomplete and a waste of time compared to what people who deal with this full time can tell you.

  2. The Davidson Institute by bendytendril · · Score: 1 · on How Do You Educate a Prodigy?

    Check out the Davidson Institute. Their goal is to assist profoundly gifted kids. They've been a wonderful resource for my son.

  3. Re:How? by suuutch · · Score: 1 · on 7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell

    Yep http://www.davidsongifted.org/fellows/Article/Davidson_Fellows___2008_405.aspx

  4. Re:How? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell

    From the synopsis on the Davidson Institute website, it sounds like he simulated the design with computer models but did not actually build it.

    Yeah, that's why the article says his next step "is to talk to manufacturers to see if they will build a working prototype."

  5. Re:How? by blitzkrieg3 · · Score: 4, Informative · on 7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell

    If you think that's bad you should check out the $50 k scholarship recipients. My personal favorite is Philip Streich, who "designed and custom-built a unique photon-counting spectrometer, more sensitive and precise than any commercially available."

  6. Re:How? by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 5, Informative · on 7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell

    From the synopsis on the Davidson Institute website, it sounds like he simulated the design with computer models but did not actually build it.

  7. Carbon nanotubes by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 1 · on 7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell

    Slightly more technical detail available from Davison Institute website:

    In his project, âoeHigh Efficient 3-Dimensional Nanotube Solar Cell for Visible and UV Light,â William invented a novel solar panel that enables light absorption from visible to ultraviolet light. He designed carbon nanotubes to overcome the barriers of electron movement, doubling the light-electricity conversion efficiency. William also developed a model for solar towers and a computer program to simulate and optimize the tower parameters. His optimized design provides 500 times more light absorption than commercially-available solar cells and nine times more than the cutting-edge, three-dimensional solar cell.