(CNN) A 14-year-old from West Grove, Pennsylvania, won a $25,000 prize for creating a prototype designed to eliminate a car's blind spots. Alaina Gassler told CNN she first noticed the problem when she realized her mom didn't like driving their family's Jeep Grand Cherokee because its A-pillars caused blind spots. The A-pillar design in a car supports the windshield and provides protection in case of a crash. "And since we can't take it off cars, I decided to get rid of it without getting rid of it." Gassler's project uses a webcam, projector, 3D printed adapter and retroreflective fabric to make a car's A-pillars invisible by displaying the image of the blind spot behind them onto the pillar.

Source: CNN November 06, 2019 05:37 UTC