>> THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND FOCUSED COMING UP, CREATING A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

WE'LL TALK WITH ONE OF THE MINDS BEHIND THE LATEST NASA TELESCOPE.

IT'S GOING TO HELP CHARTER THE UNKNOWN CORNERS OF THE GALAXY.

IT'S A COMPETITION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST MINDS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THE INVENTIONS FROM THIS COLLECTION OF STUDENTS AIMS TO CHANGE THE WAY WE SEE THE WORLD TODAY.

AND PROVIDING A SYMBOL OF CULTURE.

ONE PASTRY HAD A TIME.

THE SARASOTA BAKERY RELYING ON US UKRAINIAN HERITAGE AS A REMEMBRANCE OF A HOMELAND LOST 2 YEARS OF WAR.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE WALTER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

NATIONALS MAKING THE FINAL PREPARATIONS TO LAUNCH ITS MOST ADVANCED TELESCOPE YET THE NANCY GRACE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE ON AUGUST 30TH.

IT'LL BE CARRIED ABOARD A SPACEX ROCKET BEFORE FINDING A LOCATION ROUGHLY 1 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH.

TO CAPTURE.

NEVER BEFORE SEEN IMAGES OF OUR UNIVERSE AFTER 10 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT IN OVER 4 BILLION DOLLARS.

THE OMENS SPACE TELESCOPE WILL MAP BILLIONS OF GALAXIES IN AN ATTEMPT TO ANSWER SOME OF THE BIGGEST MYSTERIES.

OUR UNIVERSE HAS TO OFFER WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE HAS MORE.

>> SO FOR MORE ON THE NANCY GRACE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE, I AM JOINED BY DR DOMINIC BENFORD.

HE IS THE PROGRAM SCIENTIST FOR THE PROJECT.

DR BEDFORD, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE NANCY GRACE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE WITH YOU.

>> NOW THIS ONLY COMES 5 YEARS AFTER THE LAUNCH OF THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE, WHICH IS ALREADY GIVEN US SOME OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT IMAGES OF OUR UNIVERSE.

SO HOW WILL THE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE KIND OF EXPAND OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD AROUND US?

>> THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE IS A FABULOUS STATE OF THE ARTS CIVILIZATION.

SCALE EXPERIMENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN HE WAS YOUNG ALL THE WAY TO THE PRESENT UNIVERSE AND WHAT STARS ARE DOING TODAY.

AND IT'S REALLY A FABULOUS INSTRUMENT FOR STUDYING INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS LIKE GALAXIES, 4 STARS.

BUT WE WANTED TO BUILD A TELESCOPE THAT WAS ABLE TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

INSTEAD OF STUDYING A GALAXY ARE A FEW GALAXIES.

WE STUDY THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF GALAXIES STEAD OF ONE STAR OR A FEW STARS.

WE STUDY THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS STARS.

THE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE IS DESIGNED WITH A FIELD OF VIEW ABOUT 100 TIMES LARGER THAN THAT OF THE JAMES WEBB.

IT HAS A SIMILAR AND GET A RESOLUTION OR SHARPNESS OF IMAGE, BUT IT CAN SEE SO MANY MORE OBJECTS THAT WHEN YOU WANT TO START DOING.

MAJOR SURVEYS OF THE UNIVERSE, UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE, YOU NEED A TOOL THAT'S MORE LIKE ROMAN.

YOU STILL NEED WEB.

BUT YOU ALSO NEED ROMAN.

>> SO IS THERE A PARTICULAR OBJECTIVE THEN FOR THE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE?

IS IT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR OR IS THIS KIND OF JUST A SCOUTING MISSION TO SEE WHAT IS BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING AT THIS POINT?

>> THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS IN ASTRONOMY THAT COW BE ANSWERED IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME WITH OTHERWISE FABULOUS TELESCOPES LIKE HUBBLE WEB.

AND SO WE HAVE BUILT THE NANCY GRACE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ONE OF THEM IS ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE UNIVERSE.

HOW IT EXPANDED OVER THE LAST 13.8 BILLION YEARS UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF DARK MATTER, WHICH IS MUCH LIKE NORMAL MATTER, LIKE STARS AND GALAXIES, EXCEPT THAT IT DOES NOT A BIT LIGHT OR SO OF LIGHT.

SO WE CAN'T SEE IT AND DARK ENERGY, WHICH IS A MYSTERIOUS FORCE THAT IS CAUSING THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE TO ACCELERATE FASTER AND FASTER.

>> NOW YOU TOUCHED ON THE DARK MATTER AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NO.

>> AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING AND MAKES UP A VAST MAJORITY OF OUR UNIVERSE.

>> BUT VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT IT.

SO WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THAT CAN BE LEARNED ABOUT THIS UNSEEN FORCE?

THAT IS A GREAT POINT TO DO THAT.

MOST OF THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE BACK ABOUT 80% OF THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE IS DARK MATTER.

SO WE CANNOT SEE IT BY LOOKING AT IT WITH LIGHT.

BUT WE CAN SEE HOW THE MATTER AFFECTS THE OTHER OBJECTS THAT WE CAN SEE SUCH AS STARS AND GALAXIES.

ONE OF OUR KEY TOOLS IS TO USE THE SHAPES OF GALAXIES.

NOW, YOU MIGHT SAY THAT ALL GALAXIES LOOK KIND OF OVAL AND THAT IS TRUE.

BUT THE WAY THEY LOOK OVAL AND HOW THEY LOOK OVAL RELATIVE TO OTHER GALAXIES.

TELLS YOU WHERE DARK MATTER IS, HOW MUCH DARK MATTER THERE IS.

HOW COMPANY THAT DARK MATTER IS.

AND THAT TELLS YOU HOW THE UNIVERSE.

FROM THE ABOVE.

OVER MANY BILLINGS YEARS.

AND THEN MANY PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND >> JUST SAY MAYBE THIS CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION IF WE'RE ALONE IN OUR UNIVERSE.

>> BUT MAYBE MORE.

IT CAN BE IMPORTANT TO FIND THAT IF THERE ARE HABITABLE PLANETS OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN SOLAR SYSTEM.

>> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE HOPING THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, THE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE CAN HELP LOCATE?

THAT?

THE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO HELP UNDERSTAND PLANETS AROUND OTHER STARS.

AND WE USE OF A NEW TECHNIQUE THAT HASN'T BEEN USED BEFORE CALLED MICROLENSING.

WHERE WE LOOK FOR STARS THAT PASS IN FRONT OF OTHER STARS.

SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE LOOKING ACROSS GREAT DISTANCES OF SPACE AND YOU HAVE A FOREGROUND STAR AND A BACKGROUND STAR WHEN THEY HAPPEN TO LINE UP.

JUST PERFECTLY.

THE GRAVITY OF THIS, THAT THE CLOSER STAR WILL AMPLIFY THE LIGHT OF THE BACKGROUND START.

AND IF THERE ARE PLANETS AROUND THAT FOREGROUND, STAR THAT ALSO WILL AMPLIFY THE LIGHT.

THE BACKGROUND STAR.

AND SO YOU CAN COUNT ALL THE PLANETS AROUND THAT STAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW HOW MASSIVE THEY ARE, HOW HAPPY THEY ARE.

AND WE EXPECT TO DISCOVER HOW COMMON AN EARTH-LIKE PLANET AT THE RIGHT ZONE AS HABITABLE ZONE, THE RIGHT DISTANCE FROM ITS STAR MIGHT BE.

AND I WILL TELL US HOW COMMON IT MIGHT BE TO HAVE HABITABLE WORLD.

AND THEN AS WE'RE GETTING THESE IMAGES OF THESE, YOU KNOW, GALAXIES BEYOND GALAXIES.

>> HOW DOES THAT HELP US KIND OF FIND OUT THE ORIGINS OF OUR UNIVERSE AS WELL?

I MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE BIG BANG.

COULD THIS LEAD TO KIND OF NEW CONCEPT TO NEW IDEAS OF HOW THE UNIVERSE ORIGINATED?

>> SO THE BIG BANG MODEL OF COSMOLOGY STATES THAT 14.8 BILLION YEARS IN THE PAST, EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE WAS COMPRESSED INTO AN INCREDIBLY DENSE.

INDEED.

IT HAS BEEN ALL YEAR AND IT'S BEEN EXPANDING EVER SINCE THAT MODEL IS AT LEAST PARTIALLY CORRECT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT BIG BANK HAD OCCURRED.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THE UNIVERSE AS IT IS EXPANDING IS EXPANDING FASTER AND FASTER.

AND IT IS DOING THAT EVEN AGAINST THE GRAVITY OF ALL THE DARK MATTER INSIDE THE UNIVERSE IS PUSHING OUT BECAUSE DARK ENERGY'S PUSHING THAT OUT.

UNDERSTANDING HOW DARK ENERGY WORKS AND HOW IT EVOLVES OVER COSMIC TIME IS CRUCIAL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THIS COMPONENT OF THE UNIVERSE AND IN FACT, DARK ENERGY IS MORE IMPORTANT AND MORE INFLUENTIAL ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE RIGHT NOW.

THEN THE COMBINATION OF ALL THE MATTER IN THE DARK MATTER COMBINE AT THE DARK ENERGY IS GOING TO DETERMINE THE ULTIMATE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THIS BY LOOKING AT THE EXPANSION OF OUR UNIVERSE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL BILLION YEARS.

BUT YOU CAN ONLY DO WITH A TELESCOPE LIKE ROMAN.

>> DR.

DOMINIC BENFORD, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO EXPLAIN THIS NEW PROGRAM, THIS NEW TELESCOPE AND HOW ITS GOING TO CHANGE JUST SPACE EXPLORATION MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU TO YOU FOR HAVING ME.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT REAL MONEY.

>> AND FOR MORE STORIES ON THE COSMOS AND THE EXPLORATION OF OUR UNIVERSE, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE WGCU ARE DOT ORG.

COMING UP, IT'S A MODERN RETELLING OF A HORROR MOVIE.

CLASSIC.

HOW THE BLOOD SPLATTERING SAGA OF KERRY IS NOW PART OF A MUSICAL MAKEOVER WITHOUT LOSING THE MOVIE'S UNDERLYING >> WHEN KERRY WAS RELEASED IN 1976, THE MOVIE BECAME AN INSTANT HORROR SENSATION DUE TO ITS THRILLING STYLE SYMPATHETIC PERFORMANCES AND AN UNFORGETTABLE CLIMAX SCENE.

IT WAS THE FIRST EVEN KING'S STORY TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE BIG SCREEN.

AND HAS SINCE BUILT A LEGACY THAT IS CARRIED TO OTHER MEDIUMS.

MUSICAL ADAPTATION FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1988, BUT A STINT ON BROADWAY LASTED A MEAGER 5 PERFORMANCES, THE SONG AND DANCE VERSION HAS BEEN REVAMPED, STOPS THEM AND HAS NOW PERFORMED AROUND THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING A CURRENT RUN AT THE BELL THEATER IN CAPE CORAL.

WGCUS JENNIFER CRAWFORD HAS MORE.

>> FOR MORE ON CARRIE, THE MUSICAL THAT OPENS AT 9.30 FRIDAY NIGHT.

WE ARE JOINED BY WGCU ART REPORTER TOM HALL.

AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT TIME.

09:30PM, FOR AN OPENING FOR AN OPENING FOR A SHOW LIKE.

>> THAT MEANS THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TOWARDS THE TO NAUMANN OF THE STORY AND THAT FAMOUS BLOOD DROPS SCENE.

IT'LL BE CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT.

SO I THINK STRATEGICALLY THAT'S REALLY A GOOD JOB BY THE BELL.

FAIR.

NOW TO A THAT THE BOOK ALMOST NEVER HAPPENED.

STEPHEN KING WAS SO DISGRUNTLED WITH THE STORY.

HE ACTUALLY TOSS THE DRAFT IS THE FIRST FEW PAGES OF THE MANUSCRIPT INTO THE TRASH.

FORTUNATELY, HIS WIFE TABITHA CAME BY, SAW THEM IN THE GARBAGE FISH TO MOUNT, READ THEM AND INSISTED THAT HE FINISHED THE STORY.

AND IT WAS A GOOD THING, TOO, BECAUSE KERRY WENT ON TO SELL MORE THAN 4 MILLION COPIES AND IT CHANGED THEIR LIVES FOREVER.

>> AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS CAST HAS AN IMPRESSIVE RESUME DESPITE BEING SO YOUNG, THEY REALLY DO.

>> DIRECTOR TYLER YOUNG HAS ASSEMBLED IS TRULY TALENTED CAST FOR THE BELL.

THEATRE'S PRODUCTION OF KERRY STARTING WITH SOPHIA BROOK WHO PLAYS THE LEAD.

ALTHOUGH SHE'S JUST AN INCOMING SOPHOMORE TO NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.

THIS STUFF IS STAGE PRODUCTION.

EMILY FIGHT CALLER WHO PLACED SEUSS NOW SHE ISN'T FAR BEHIND WITH 38 SHOWS ON HER LENGTHY RESUME AND MALIA MATTIS ALSO WHO PLAYS THE CHAMBERLAIN HIGHS, BULLION CHIEF ALSO HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY THEATER SHOWS.

HERE'S A TASTE OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU GO SEE THE SHOW.

>> WANT DON'T KNOW HIM.

AND NOW HE AND >> THERE'S A TEMPTATION TO LOAD KERRY IN WITH MUSICALS LIKE HEATHERS AND MEAN GIRLS.

>> YEAH, WE GOT ANOTHER SAD STORY ABOUT TEENAGE PRESSURE.

PECKING ORDERS AND THE DESIRE TO FIT IN.

>> TRUTH IS KERRY IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS TO EVER SEE THE STAGE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST CARE IS A STORY ABOUT ABUSE BEGINNING WITH CARRIE HERSELF.

SOFIA BROOKE PLAYS THE LEAD AND PROVIDES THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF HER CHARACTER.

>> SHE IS A VERY SHY AND ISOLATED GIRL.

SHE HAS BEEN SEVERELY ABUSED BY HER MOTHER AND BULLIED AT SCHOOL AS WELL.

>> TURNS OUT THE KERRY ISN'T THE ONLY CHARACTER IN THIS TORTUROUS STORY HAS BEEN ABUSED AT HOME.

SO HAS HER TORMENTOR.

CHRIS HARKINS.

>> CHRIS >> IS PLAYED BY MALIA MAPS.

SHE SEES HER CHARACTER IS A TRAGIC FIGURE, HER PATHOLOGICALLY NARCISSISTIC PARENTS COVER MATERIAL THINGS AND MOVE THE LOVE.

SHE ACTUALLY CRAVES.

TURN THAT LOVE.

SHE IDOLIZES THEM, PUTS THEM ON A PEDESTAL, TRIES TO BE JUST LIKE THEM CONTROLLING AND HEAPING ABUSE AND THOSE POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS WHO CROSS YOUR PATH LIKE KERRY.

>> SHE'S WITH US THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE NUMBER.

AND EVEN.

EVEN IN THE AND WHEN.

SUE TELLS HER TO GROW UP.

SHE'S LIKE, BUT WHY?

WHY DO I HAVE TO THIS IS SHE CANNOT CHANGE HER WAY OF THINKING.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HER.

>> SEUSS NOW PLAYED BY EMILY FIGHT.

COLOR IS NOT CAUGHT UP IN THE CYCLE OF ABUSE.

THAT'S ENSNARED HER BESTIE AND THE U.S.

>> ONCE YOU SEE YOU CAN'T UNSEE.

AND TO ME.

>> THAT MEANS THAT ONCE YOU LOOK INTO SOMEONE'S LIFE AND YOU TRY TO UNDERSTAND.

>> YOU CAN'T FORGET IT.

AND SO ONE SHE'S TRIED TO UNDERSTAND KERRY.

SHE CAN'T GO BACK AND BE WHO SHE WAS BEFORE SHE HAS TO.

LEAVE WHAT SHE KNOWS BEHIND AND BECOME A DIFFERENT AND BETTER PERSON.

>> SO THAT'S WHO'S DEFINING MOMENT.

YES.

>> EVEN IF IT MEANS LOSING, CHRIS IS A FRIEND WHO HAS THIS CHANGED?

WELL, CHRIS, DOESN'T.

>> AND IT'S VERY HARD TO LOSE A BEST FRIEND.

I I KNOW.

BUT I THINK DID THE RIGHT THING.

>> AUDIENCES DISCOVER THE DEPTH OF KERRY'S DESPAIR AND DESOLATION AND THE SHOW'S TITLE NUMBER.

CARROTS.

>> I LOVE THE SONG.

KERRY.

>> BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST MOMENT THAT YOU GET TO SEE CARRIES INTERNAL LIFE.

>> HE'S GOING TO SPEAK NOT ONLY ABOUT THE WAY THAT THESE WORDS HAVE IMPACTED HER, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE INNER HOPE THAT SHE HOLDS WITHIN HER.

>> AND THAT FINALLY BRINGS US TO THE CRUX OF KERRY.

THE CONSEQUENCES THAT FLOW FROM LOSING ALL HOPE.

SHE GAINS HOPE.

>> THROUGHOUT THE STORY, WHICH IS ALL CRUSHED IN ONE DEVASTATING MOMENT.

AND WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN MORE HEARTBREAKING IS THAT ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO BE SEEN AND LOVED.

>> KERRY RESPONDS WITH A VENGEANCE.

THE INSTINCT FOR REVENGE IS ENGINE.

IT'S DEEPLY SATISFIED IT ACTIVATES THE BRAIN'S REWARD SYSTEM RELEASING DOPAMINE AND CREATING A FLEETING SENSE OF CONTROL, INCLUDING VICARIOUSLY FOR THE AUDIENCE WHICH MAY BE HORRIFIED BY THE OUTCOME.

BUT SATISFIED THAT CHRIS AND HER CRONIES GOT WHAT THEY HAD COMING.

THE BELLE THEATRE'S PRODUCTION OF CARRIE.

THE MUSICAL IS WORTH SAYING.

NOT BECAUSE OF OUR INHERENT FASCINATION WITH TELECOM.

ISIS ARE THE STORIES FAMOUS BLOODBATH ENDING NOT BECAUSE IT'S WELL ACTED OR FIRT.

OUTSTANDING VOCAL PERFORMANCE.

BUT BECAUSE IT TRULY IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS TO EVER SEE THE STAGE.

AFFORDABLE YOU-YOU NEWS COM AU.

>> STAY UP TO DATE WITH ALL OF THE ARCH HAPPENINGS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INCLUDING ALL THE STAGE PERFORMANCES THIS AUGUST.

MY FOLLOWING TOM HALL ON OUR WEBSITE.

WGCU DOT ORG EVERY YEAR A COMPETITION IS HELD THAT BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST MINDS OF TOMORROW.

THE INVENTION CONVENTION UNITE STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTNERS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

SENIORS.

THEY ARE BEHIND PRODUCTS.

THEY HOPE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD.

THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR IDEAS TO A PANEL OF INDUSTRY AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERTS AND COMPETE FOR AWARDS, INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR PATENTS OF THE MORE THAN 180,000 STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE NATIONWIDE.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAD 3 STUDENTS MAKE IT TO THE U.S.

NATIONALS.

WGCUS EMMA RODRIGUEZ WITH THE TRIO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR INVENTION.

>> IN A FAST PACED TECH BASED WORLD WERE PRESENTED WITH ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS THAT NEED SOLVING.

THIS IS WHY DR SHARMA, FORT MYERS, HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE AND MULTI-YEAR INVENTION, CONVENTION COMPETITOR DOES WHAT HE DOES.

>> I BELIEVE IT'S A CORE AND FUNDAMENTAL PART OF HOW WE HUMANS AS A SPECIES LIKE CREATE STUFF.

>> HIS INVENTION, THE SMART MORPH WING, ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE HONORS IN HIS GRADE LEVEL IN THE AEROSPACE SPECIALTY AWARD.

IT'S A PROTOTYPE OF A PLANE WING THAT INSTEAD OF USING FLAPS DURING LANDING CAN CONTORT WITHIN ITSELF TO REDUCE SPEED YOUR SAYS THAT HE GOT THE IDEA WHILE IN A PLANE HIMSELF WATCHING THE FLAPS ON THE WINGS DEPLOY FOR LANDING.

>> AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT THOSE GOT HAD TO BE CREATING DRAGON, REDUCING THE FUEL EFFICIENCY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

SO THAT'S RIGHT.

SORT OF GOT THE IDEA OF MORPHING WAYNE, WHERE WOULD HAVE ONE CONTINUOUS SHAPE TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY >> THROUGH AND THAT ARE TESTING WITH A MAKESHIFT WIND TUNNEL.

SMART MORPH PRODUCED A 220% INCREASE IN AIRCRAFT LIFT, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO WIN WITH TRADITIONAL FLAPS, ABOUT CONSUMING LESS POWER.

THIS HAS DEER EXCITED FOR FURTHER TESTING.

SOME INVENTION CONVENTION PRODUCTS LIKE SMART MORPH CAN BE USED BY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES TO MAKE A MORE EFFICIENT OR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MACHINE.

BUT OTHERS GIVE DIRECTLY TO THE CONSUMER AND SMALL BUSINESSES AS A 4TH GRADER AT PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SET OUT TO DO.

HADLEY GILCHRIST LOVES MAKING LATTES WITH HER DAD.

SHE NOTICED THE POOR TO FILTER THE PART OF THE ESPRESSO MACHINE THAT HOLDS THE COFFEE GROUNDS WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE WITHOUT HURTING HER FINGERS.

SO SHE CREATED THE PORT OF POP OR A 3 D PRINTED DEVICE.

>> IT'S A SLIP THE TIMES UNDER THE BASKET T HERE AT POP.

THANK YOU.

PUT YOUR THUMB THAT I CAN AGREE WITH THAT.

AND ROCK BACK IN IT TO POP IT OFF.

YOU CAN ALSO LEFT OTHER LAMP ALL THE WAY DOWN.

>> CURRENTLY SUPPORT A POP OR HAS A PROVISIONAL PATENT, MEANING IT'S CONSIDERED, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, PATENT PENDING FOR ONE YEAR.

HADLEY LOOKS FORWARD TO OPENING AN ONLINE STORE AND GETTING TO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PATENTING PROCESS AFTER A WIN IN NATIONALS.

>> I FEEL LIKE MIMI.

HE NOT JUST LUCK.

I THINK IS ACHIEVABLE.

I CAN DO ANYTHING.

I SET MY HER MIND TO.

>> THROUGH INVENTION, CONVENTION LEE COUNTY'S BECOME HOME TO EVEN THE YOUNGEST INVENTORS IN THE FORM OF GATEWAY CHARGERS RAIOLA, HER INVENTION, HAIR BAND BUMPERS WON SECOND PLACE AT NATIONALS FOR KINDERGARTNERS.

SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE ENDS OF HEADBANDS AND GLASSES WOULD HURT HER HEAD.

SO SHE WRAPPED PIPE CLEANERS AROUND THEM TO MAKE IT ALL A BIT SOFTER.

>> PLANT DOESN'T GET HERE LIKE I'M I'M LIKE, WHOA, CAN I GET A LITTLE LATE AND ONLY GET LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN SCORE FREE CLOUGH.

ALL GUESTS WEEKS WILL HAPPEN.

>> IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE WHAT OUR 3 LEE COUNTY INVENTION CONVENTION FINALIST CREATED ERA HAD LEE AND OLIVIA, ALL TOLD ME THAT IT FELT GREAT TO MAKE THEIR VISIONS COME TO LIFE.

BUT AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL, WATCHING THE STORY, THERE'S FAR MORE THAN JUST INVENTING SOMETHING IN IT FOR THE STUDENTS.

IT'S A SPRINGBOARD FOR THEIR FUTURES.

I'M JOINED BY RISING FORT MYERS, HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE INDIRA SHARMA, ONCE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT ASPECT.

THANKS FOR COMING BACK INTO THE STUDIO.

DIRA, OF COURSE IN THE REPORT WE TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR AFFINITY FOR STEM.

WHERE DID THAT REALLY START FOR YOU?

>> FOR ME, IT STARTED WHEN I WAS A KID, I WOULD ALWAYS PERFORM IN OPENING ROUND OF STUFF TOGETHER AND LIKE WATCHING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE THAT WAS THAT'S REALLY INSPIRED ME TO START MAKING STEM ACTIVITIES IN CREATING STEM PRODUCTS.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT STARTED FOR ME IS FROM A YOUNG AGE.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTO STEM.

>> MOVING A BIT MORE INTO YOUR JOURNEY.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT INVENTION CONVENTION SPECIFICALLY?

>> ACTUALLY FOUND OUT ABOUT INVENTION CONVENTION BECAUSE MY BROTHER DID IT FIRST.

AND IT WHEN I FOUND OUT THROUGH MY SCHOOLS, THAT'S WHERE THEY OFFERED IT.

SO THAT PAD THE INVENTORS FOR CLUBS TO OUR BROTHER JOINED THAT AND I LEARNED ABOUT IT WHEN I GOT TO STRACHAN, DO IT.

AND THEN I STARTED ACTUALLY IN 3RD GRADE AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE.

>> WE REALIZE YOU PUT MONTHS OF HARD WORK INTO YOUR INVENTION, SMART MORPH.

WHY DID YOU FOCUS YOUR EFFORTS THERE INSTEAD OF MAYBE A DIFFERENT ACTIVITY THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED IN?

>> YEAH, I FOCUS MY EFFORTS AND MORE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IT'S A PRODUCT THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY BENEFIT SOCIETY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT LAFFERTY BETTER SPENT AND SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE HAS BEEN HELPING JUST MYSELF.

>> WELL, DEAR AND IT WAS JUST LOVELY.

GETTING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU AGAIN.

GET TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK FOR YOUR FUTURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> HERE'S ANOTHER INVENTIVE FACT FROM THE WDSU NEWS ROOM.

ACCORDING TO GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, THE YOUNGEST PERSON VERIFIED TO BE AWARDED A PATENT WAS SYDNEY DITTMAN OF HOUSTON, TEXAS IN 1993 SHE CREATED CREDITED FOR INVENTING AND AID FOR GRASPING ROUND DOOR KNOBS.

AND THAT HELPS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, OPEN DOORS MORE EASILY.

AFTER THE BREAK BY EUROPEAN CONFLICT WAS AT THE CENTER OF A CAREER CHANGE THE NAMES TO IT WAS MARCH OF 2014 WHEN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION INVADED UKRAINE AND ANNEXED THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA THAT INCIDENT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A AND VIOLENT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE 2 NATIONS.

IT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY IN DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, THE WEIGHT OF THE WAR IS FELT BY THE OWNERS OF THE CAIRO, A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM FROM THE UKRAINE WGCU CULTURE AND CONNECTIONS.

REPORTER ELIZABETH ANDARGE HAS THEIR STORY.

>> SOME MORNINGS THAT AGO SKI GETS WORD FROM HER PARENTS IN UKRAINE.

UPDATES ON WHICH KNIGHTS THEY HAD TO HIDE FROM BOMBINGS.

OTHER MORNINGS.

SHE'S ROLLING DO IN DOWNTOWN SARASOTA WHERE HER BAKERIES LOCATED.

A LONG WAY FROM HOME.

>> IF PARENTS LEAVING LEAVING THIS A PHARMACY, YOU THERE ARE SOME NICE THEY HAVE TO HIDE IN AND SHOT TRAVELERS.

SO IF MY SON SAID BY WE COULD BUY AND I HOPE LIKING THE, YOU KNOW, VERY CLOSE FUTURE.

THE WARMING FEE NATION, UKRAINE.

WE JUST 3 AND THE THE WELL IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.

>> NATALIA GREW UP IN UKRAINE AND MOVED TO POLAND AT 21 BAKING WAS SOMETHING SHE DID OUT OF.

NECESSITY.

>> I HAVE SWEET PETE'S.

>> THAT'S WHY I STAYED HOME AND STARTED AT RECENT HOMES TO SAID BY STEP, I FALL IN LOVE IN A BAKING COLLEGES.

AND WHEN I MY KEYS ARE A LOT.

>> I DECIDED THE BOAT'S HULL WAS WORKING AS A BAKER IN WARSAW 2 YEARS AGO.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND FIELDER MOVED TO SARASOTA >> WALKING DOWN THE STREET ONE DAY.

I JUST FELT THAT THESE RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE I HAVE A GREAT IDEA AND I'M AND THEY DECIDED TO OPEN A BAKERY.

>> FOR PEEL THERE THAT MEANT LEAVING A CORPORATE JOB SPANNING 3 DECADES BEHIND >> MANAGING CALDER.

>> RIGHT.

KIND OF MY WIFE AND I USE TO GOT THE EFFECT OF THE BUGS OUT.

BUT NOW I'M SO HAPPY WHEN I CAN CLEAN THE TABLES.

WHEN I CAN TALK TO THE TO OUR CUSTOMERS WEAR.

I'M SMILING WHEN I EVEN WATCHED THE DISHES.

>> THE RECIPES COME FROM ALL OVER EUROPE WITH THE FEW FROM USA SOIL.

>> I LIKE AMERICAN COACH AARON.

WE MAKES.

SOME SOMETHING LIKE KNOW, ALTHOUGH MAY COME TO A VERDICT, JUST MISSES MOST POPULAR.

YOU.

BUT I'M SEE YOU THEN WHAT?

WHAT I KNOW THE BEST AND PEOPLE LIKE KEITH.

AND THOUGH I I WHAT I WORE THEM HEAD FOR THAT TO AMERICANS ARE OPEN TO TRYING NEW IT NEW.

AND CASE AND THEY ARE OPEN TO TRYING NEW DISHES.

AND THERE WE MEAN IT WORKS TO GET IN.

>> 2 YEARS AFTER ARRIVING IN SARASOTA, THE COUPLE IS PROBABLY BUILDING A HOME FAR FROM HOME.

>> SIR, IT'S REMINDS ME.

AND SOMETIMES THAT THEY STOLE MY CHILDHOOD.

SO WHEN I WHEN I EAT SO WHAT WE WERE DOING HERE, WHAT IS ALSO REMINDS ME THE PLAYS THAT I USED TO SPEND TIME WITH MY FRIENDS WHEN I WAS IN UKRAINE ARE IN FALL ON THEM.

SO THAT IF THEY ARE AND THEN SOME OF THE FALLOUT WAS FEAR.

>> AND I HAPPEN TO ME.

>> AND NOT JUST BACON AND CAFE.

AND WE JUST SAID WE WE ARE ARE OF THE FIRE OVER DOWNTOWN SARASOTA AND THEN I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY GOOD JOB.

>> FOR WGCU NEWS, I'M ELIZABETH ANDARGE >> AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN RIGHT HERE ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

IN FOCUS.