High School Students Make GPS Tracking Bracelet for Alzheimer's Patients
MEETING FOR THE WEEK OF July 22, 2024
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Program: High School Students Make GPS Tracking Bracelet for Alzheimer's Patients
Speaker: Amalia Liogas and North Star students
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PROGRAM: High School Students Make GPS Tracking Bracelet for Alzheimer's Patients
SPEAKER: Amalia Liogas and North Star students
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In our third and final presentation featuring amazing high schoolers this month, you'll hear from North Star, a group that created a GPS-tracking bracelet called SJ Tracker, which is meant for Alzheimer’s patients. It works with a mobile app, SafeJourney, which allows family members and caregivers to track the patients' location anytime and anywhere through their phone. North Star is a group of 10th-grade students from The Study in Montreal. Lisa is 15 years old and has an interest in sports. She is interested in pursuing the sciences when she goes to university. Xinyi is 16 years old and has a passion for music and visual arts. Xinyi is interested in a career in Engineering. Joanaye is 16 years old and a valued school choir member. Joanaye would like to work with children in the future.
The team was mentored by high school teacher Benjamin Douek, who has participated in several business accelerator programs and is also the founder of Robot In A Can, a startup dedicated to providing computer science education to youth. Amalia Liogas is the Director of IT at The Study. Her philosophy of education supports creativity, challenging students, and learning outside the classroom.
The Study has participated in the Technovation competition for many years now. Students are tasked with identifying a problem based on one of the UN’s sustainable development goals and developing an app-based solution. Along with the app, students must produce business and marketing plans. This year, team North Star pitched their product to a jury of technology industry professionals at the Montreal regional competition. Team North Star won First Place for their Technical Pitch, was awarded the Jury Favorite Prize, and received a grant from Caisse Desjardins for Best Business Plan. They were the only team at this year’s competition to feature a software and hardware solution.
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