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Teen innovator Varun Saikia’s AI-driven Makara rids water bodies of plastic

Teen innovator Varun Saikia’s AI-driven Makara rids water bodies of plastic

by Charu Thakur | Mar 1, 2022

(March 1, 2022) The sight of a gasping pilot whale washed ashore in Thailand in 2018 left a 12-year-old Varun Saikia heartbroken. “I followed the news, and found that it died of starvation as her belly was full of plastic waste. It shook me. I knew I had to come up...
‘AI’ Aye to teen inventor Prisha Shroff’s wildfire tracker, drone & other tech

‘AI’ Aye to teen inventor Prisha Shroff’s wildfire tracker, drone & other tech

by suruchi | Feb 26, 2022

(February 26, 2022) When inventor Nicola Tesla remarked, “Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born,” a brilliant 15-year-old girl from Chandler, Arizona, inadvertently followed his diktat. Teen inventor Prisha Shroff sat alone,...
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