[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  A TRIBUTE TO INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COMPETITION FINALISTS KYLE PLUM, 
                    COURTNEY DUNAR AND OLIVIA LITSEY

                                 ______
                                 

                     HON. RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 3, 2004

  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to three 
special students from my district. Kyle Plum, Courtney Dunar and Olivia 
Litsey have been recognized for their outstanding achievement in 
science and are finalists in the International Science Competition, 
sponsored by Toshiba and the National Science Teachers Association. Mr. 
Plum, Ms. Dunbar, and Ms. Litsey have traveled to Washington, D.C. with 
their families to be honored at the ExploraVision awards gala next 
week. ExploraVision is the largest international science competition in 
the world with thousands of projects, and over 14,000 students 
participating this year.
  These three bright young students each will be presented with a 
$5,000 U.S. Savings bond for their outstanding work on their school 
science project entitled ``The Sleep Doctor''. ExploraVision asked 
students in its competition to envision technology that may exist in 
the next 20 years, and to describe how it would work. Kyle, Courtney, 
and Olivia envisioned a project called ``The Sleep Doctor''. This 
project creatively explores the four stages of sleep, rapid eye 
movement, and the sleep cycle. Using the innovative EEG Sleep Doctor 
technology, Kyle, Courtney, and Olivia were able to determine whether 
or not test subjects were having a nightmare during the rapid eye 
movement phase of the sleep cycle. Using the wireless EEG technology 
the students would be able to sense a subject's nightmare, and activate 
pre-programmed soothing sounds and smells to successfully restore 
feelings of safety and to generate a good night's sleep. Kyle, 
Courtney, and Olivia have been working tirelessly on this project since 
October of last year, and their efforts are quite evident by the 
outstanding final product.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you urge my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing the outstanding achievements of Kyle Plum, Courtney Dunar, 
and Olivia Litsey, and applaud the success of their educational 
endeavors and innovative technological ideas.

                          ____________________