Adrien Jathe
Adrien Jathe is an inventor and entrepreneur who has successfully led many scientific projects. He has achieved a worldwide breakthrough with his invention Flash Shade- a technology for smart sunglasses. Adrien has successfully taken part at numerous international and most renowned science competitions and invention fairs. Due to his research excellence, he was invited to the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
Currently he is founding his own start-up to bring the smart sunglasses to the consumer; a request made by many people worldwide.
Inspiration
Once when Adrien was the passenger on a car ride, he observed how the reflected sunlight from the wet streets made it impossible to properly monitor the traffic and the road signs. However, he realized that it was not only him who could not see, dozens of other people in the other cars speeding along the highway had the exact same problem. This got him thinking, there must a better solution to improve the horrendous light conditions other than using conventional sunglasses. To be honest, sunglasses are absolutely unsuitable for situations like these.
"My ambition to actively shape the way we are going to interact with new technologies in the future motivates me to develop revolutionary wearables."
Adrien Jathe | Inventor of Flash Shade
Events
May 2020 | Microhex is a system composed of concentrically alligned tubes that provide the smart sunglasses with the selective darkening capability. After patenting this system, an important step is to miniaturize and find commercial partners to produce this component. Adrien Jathe has designed and constructed his own glovebox system to facilitate the safe handling of an resin 3D-printer to produce prototypes of these Microhex plates.
He has partnered with another company to explore the abilities of using a Ultra-Short Pulse Laser to 3D-write this structure into a glass blank.
April 2020 | Adrien uses the Anycubic Photon DLP resin 3D printer for the prototyping of micro aspect ratio structures in regards for his smart sunglass technology.
It is advised to wear N95 breathing masks and nitrile gloves when handling this resin printer. However, we believe that these resources should be reserved for doctors and health care workers, Adrien has designed a negative pressure Glovebox System that he has made publicly available. This file should allow researchers from all around the world to build a low-cost glovebox system themselves. Downlaod the STEP file here.
December 2019 | Due to his research excellence, Adrien Jathe was awarded the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS) special award at Intel ISEF 19 and was invited to the Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm 2019. At SIYSS Adrien Jathe presented his invention on stage infront of hundreds of swedish high school students.
At the Nobel Prize ceremony he had the honor of meeting the Nobel Laureates 2019 and took part at the Nobel lectures, the Nobel press conference of Medicine or Physiology, the Nobel reception, the Nobel prize ceremony and the magic Nobel NightCap.
June 2019 | Together with two friends Adrien Jathe developed a business plan in which the economic aspect was further consolidated. The Flash Shade team took part at the business plan competition "Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow". This competition draws students from all around the region. During this half-year long event entrants gain an unique insight into entrepreneurship, startups and business while learning in workshops about marketing, finance and presentation skills.
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May 2019 | The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is the world's largest international pre-college science competition. Adrien Jathe qualified himself as a finalist for this competition and achieved highest grand awards at the event. For more information
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March 2019 | The Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies "Archimedes 2019" is a showcase for the most innovative products and ideas worldwide. In 2019 Flash Shade was one of the 1100 inventions presented at the fair. It made a winning entry.
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November 2018 | The International Trade Fair of Ideas, Inventions and New Products is the most important international specialized trade show for "Ideas, Inventions and New Products". Flash Shade stood out from the 800 inventions and received greatest recognition.
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September 2018 | Due to his research excellence, Adrien Jathe was invited to the federal chancellery of Germany where he was welcomed by the chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel.
November 2018 | The China Adolescents Science and Technology Contest (CASTIC) is the largest and most renowned science competition in China. Adrien Jathe successfully competed with his project Flash Shade against 500 international contestants. For more information click here.
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June 2018 | Adrien Jathe was invited by the European minister Lucia Puttrich to the hessian state chancellery in Brussels, Belgium. He was welcomed by the state secretary of the hessian ministry of education, Dr. Manuel Löse. At the chancellery he presented his invention the Flash Shade infront members of the state chancellery and representatives from industry. For more information click here.
May 2018 | Jugend forscht is the largest and most renowned science competition in Germany with more than 10 000 entries annualy. Adrien Jathe successfully presented the Flash Shade sunglasses at Jugend forscht 2018.
Awards |
- FOCUS Optic "Smarte Sonnenbrille" (German)
- MAFO Optics "Smart Sunglasses"
- Metropolitan School Frankfurt "How to become and inventor? Adrien Jathe"
- Metropolitan School Frankfurt "MSF produces face shields for hospitals"
- "Alle Wetter" hr-fernsehen "Waldspaziergang, Windchill und Sonnenbrille" (German)
- hr-fernsehen "18-jähriger Frankfurter erfindet revolutionäre Sonnenbrille" (German)
- Frankfurter Rundschau "Frankfurter Jungforscher mit Durchblick" (German)
- The Society for Science and the Public "Five questions with ISEF 2019 Best of Category in Material Sciences winner, Adrien Jathe"
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "Sechsecke gegen Sonnenlicht" (German)
- Frankfurter Neue Presse "Mit diesen Erfindungen sollen wir besser leben können"
- Extra Tipp "Frankfurter „Daniel Düsentrieb“ findet Lösung gegen fiese Strahlen"