IBAT Honors Sydney Clark
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IBAT Honors 12-Year-Old for Prize-Winning ID Theft Invention
The IBAT Education Foundation has presented a $1,000 savings bond to 12-year-old Sydney Clark of Austin in acknowledgment of her nationally recognized invention protecting ATM users from identity theft.
Sydney was awarded second place in the 12th annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge finals Oct. 5 as one of 10 finalists selected from across the nation. The award included a check for $1,000.
Her entry included an estimated 200 hours of work on a required two-minute video explaining the invention, a box that includes louvers that restrict the view of the screen to anyone not directly in front of the ATM PIN pad. Mirror film, manufactured by sponsoring 3M, was placed over the louvers to allow the customer to see through to the pad in privacy.
Read the complete story in the upcoming issue of The Texas Independent Banker magazine.