NATCHEZ &8212; The car of the future may very well protect you from all accidents and hazardous situations, and you&8217;ll have two Morgantown Elementary students to thank for the idea.

There are more than two inventors at the school, though, and the next great idea could come from any one of them.

On a strictly volunteer basis, students of math teacher Pam Hilton spent much of last semester working on entries for the national Toshiba ExploraVision contest.

Though more started the project, only five completed it after about 60 hours of after-school work, Hilton said.

&8220;That&8217;s good dedication for those kids,&8221; she said. &8220;They could&8217;ve been home playing Nintendo.&8221;

But the work was fun, the students said &8212; fun, but not easy.

The groups had to write an abstract for their idea, research the present technology, write a history of similar products and identify the possible negatives of their invention.

Levarious Dorsey, 12, likes cars, so the obvious choice for his group was a futuristic vehicle.

Dorsey and Darius Franklin, 11, wanted a theft-proof, accident-avoiding, smart-thinking car. So they designed one &8212; drawings and all &8212; that opens only by matching fingerprints. It uses computer chips to test blood alcohol levels, and if you are too drunk to drive, it won&8217;t start. GPS satellites detect objects in the road that could cause accidents, and the computer chip stops the car.

All their ideas had to be backed up scientifically, and statistics on everything from the number of accidents per year to the number of car thefts each year had to be submitted.

The scientific principal &8212; the hardest concept for the students to pin down, Hilton said &8212; that runs the car is energy conversion from the computer chip.

Mirna Hernandez, 12, Calvin Butler, 12, and Maya Jackson, 11, invented a kid-friendly bracelet that prevents abductions.

&8220;We were just thinking about how many people get lost or kidnapped,&8221; Hernandez said.

The bracelet looks cool, so kids will want to wear it, and allows parents to monitor their location at all times. It&8217;s voice-controlled by the parents, so children can&8217;t take it off. And it uses GPS technology to track the children.

The group had to interview teachers about whether they&8217;d like for their students to wear the bracelets in class. And they had to talk about possible invasion of privacy issues.

Both groups also had to write about what would have to happen in the world to make their inventions a reality.

Their contest entries were due Jan. 31. If they make the first cut, they will have to create a Web site for the invention. The winner will get a $10,000 scholarship for later use, a laptop and a trip to D.C.

Though there will be hundreds of national entries, the greatest competition may be between the two Morgantown groups; Dorsey is convinced his group&8217;s project will win.

&8220;That&8217;s a good project,&8221; he said.