Chris Camporeale is not your typical 15-year-old. Chris currently operates a computer consulting business, designs Web sites and repairs computers. It's not surprising that the Canton High School student eventually wants to go into the computer field after college.
Chris, who will be a sophomore this fall, was honored with first place in the High School level for his invention, the HP X-1 Graphing Calculator. Chris submitted an incredible17-page report with detailed graphs and feature descriptions, software and hardware layout, and instructions on usage.
Ms. Gabrielle Laux, Chris' geometry teacher, told Chris she thought he would be interested in entering the Create-a-Calculator contest. Chris had done other work with 3D graphics and figured he might have a bit of an advantage. Using a computer 3D modeling program, Chris invented his way to first place.
The HP X-1's main features include integrated wireless communications, Bluetooth, a color-touch screen, compact flash memory, C++ programming language, 4-dimensional graphing and an emergency backup battery.
"Winning first place was entirely unexpected," said Chris, who became a Microsoft Certified Professional at 14. "I would like to continue in this field. I plan to invest the money and use it towards funding college."
Chris says he would love to attend MIT in the future to major in computer science and/or physics. Managing his computer business, AdvanTech, is certainly helping prepare him for a promising future.
Chris also is a music fanatic. He loves jazz, and has been playing the piano and Alto Saxaphone his whole life.
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