The Scots College student designed the Vac Sac for his Design and Technology HSC major work and its use was demonstrated on the New Inventors.

Kenneth said he got the idea for the Vac Sac while he was working on his family’s farm on a hot summer day when he read a vaccine container instruction, store between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius and keep out of direct light.

Kenneth said he realised he had never followed these instructions and talked to other farmers discovering they had experienced similar problems.

So when making the Vac Sac he made sure it could fit all commercially available vaccines, a syringe as well as an icepack to keep the vaccines cool. The Vac Sac was also designed to be worn in a way that would let farmers do multiple jobs while still being easily accessible.

Kenneth said he always intended to take his inspiration for the major project from the farm and looked for an area that did not already have a solution.

Other students at his school focused on building furniture, musical instruments and backpacks for their major projects.

Although Kenneth did not win in his episode of the TV show, one of the three judges did vote for him and he is still in contention for the People’s Choice Award.

Kenneth said he enjoyed his TV experience and a calf the Miles’s also took down with them for Kenneth to demonstrate with was very popular with the people on set.

“It was a good experience,” he said.

However, it was a long process and took up most of the day from early morning to mid-afternoon.

Before filming the contestants had to go through their positions, learn where they had to stand and which cameras to look at.

“It took a couple of takes,” Kenneth said.

Kenneth’s mother, Gillian Miles said the judges gave Kenneth very positive feedback as well as advice to progress to the next level and how to make it commercially available.