Living in Digital Times, the producers of lifestyle technology events at #CES2020 in partnership with CTA, have announced the winners of the 2020 Young Innovators to Watch.
Culled from more than 150 applications across North America, the four winners are all younger than 20-years old and have made serious contributions to technology and innovation.
The 2020 Young Innovators to Watch winners are awarded with an all-expense paid trip to #CES2020 Las Vegas for themselves and a guardian, the opportunity to present their work at #CES2020 in front of 500 attendees, and USD 1,000 in cash with technology supplies and gifts, including a digital notebook by Hamelin.
The 2020 winners are: –
- Saihaj “Sage”Khanuja, 16-years old; and Nikolas Ioannou, 16-years old; Issaquah, WA
Saihaj Khanuja and Nikolas Ioannou partnered together to form a biomedical device, Spira, that provides screening for respiratory diseases in an affordable, effective, and fast approach. - Alishba Imran, 16-years old; Mississauga, NY
Alishba created HonestBlocks, a medication tracking app built on Hyperledger Fabric and Composer that aims to stop counterfeit medication. - Sofia Ongele, 19-years old; Santa Clarita, CA
Sofia Ongele was appraised for her creation of ReDawn – an app that provides advice and guides survivors of sexual assault. - Stanley Liu, 16-years old; Arcadia, CA
Stanley impressed the judges with his his microfluidic device, The Immunoessence Chip, designed for integrated plasma separation and sensitive multiplex biomarker detection that is inexpensive and invasive.
The Young Innovators to Watch winners represent original technology, inventions, or discoveries that display forward-thinking entrepreneurial vision and social good.
You can meet the winning students and be amazed by their inventions and presentations on Thursday, January 9 at 4pm at Kids and Family Stage at the Venetian during #CES2020.
Living in Digital Times and Young Innovators to Watch would like to thank their team of prestigious judges and generous sponsors; Lenovo, Wrethink, Bizworld, and Hamelin.
To learn more about Young Innovators to Watch [1] click here.