Student Winners of 5 Technology Innovator Awards to Be Honored at CE Week

CE Week and Living in Digital Times announced winners of five awards in the Young Innovators to Watch competition who will be honored during CE Week in New York on July 12. The competition honors New York City students using science, technology, engineering, arts and math skills to create “products of tomorrow." Winners included Sharon Lin, 18, Stuyvesant High School, for an app that identifies, based on a photo sample, bacteria and abiotic particles in water to help underdeveloped communities avoid diseases such as malaria, and Priya Mittal, 17, The Dalton School, whose app allows restaurants to buy imperfect produce directly from farms at a discount to reduce food waste. Michael Klamkin, 18, of Staten Island Technical High School, won for a new approach to monitoring the state of charge of lithium-ion batteries. Five Briarcliff Middle School students won for a wearable device that uses a Kinect sensor to alert the visually impaired to obstacles through audible or haptic feedback. Four students from the College of Staten Island were honored for a hi-fi speaker for a smartphone that allows users to customize their audio experience on the go. The winning projects will each receive $1,000 in scholarship money provided by CE Week and the Kay Family Foundation.