KUALA LUMPUR: Who would have thought that a 14-year-old could develop innovative devices that might address world issues such as child abuse and heat stroke prevention.
A Form 2 student of the Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK), Ariff Amir Ali is currently working on his brainchild, prototypes to help curb cases of child abuse and heat stroke.
According to Ariff, unpleasant news of such cases had encouraged him to try and find solutions to those problems that led him to create two prototype devices, namely Project H (child abuse) and Project H 2.0 (heat stroke).
“The anti-abuse device works as an emergency alert device, whereby once you shout at it, the device will alert the authorities and your loved ones within three seconds.
“Meanwhile, the anti-heat stroke device would have a heart pulse sensor and temperature sensor, you need to strap it around your arm to detect heat exhaustion,” he told Bernama when met at the #mydigitalmaker Fair 2019 on Saturday.
According to Ariff, both prototypes which he created in less than a year use the Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology that embodies a sleek casing design similar to the smart watch designs and are currently undergoing some fine-tuning.
“There is a possibility that I would merge the two prototypes, adding more features and create all-in-one safety device in the near future,” he said.
Noting that the innovative ideas were gained through meticulous reading, Ariff said he had integrated various digital-making skills in the invention of the prototypes such as coding, programming, engineering designs and computational thinking.
Among his notable achievements include being second runner up at the World of Robotic Championships, first place at the Intel Aspire Minds Challenge and silver medal for the Asian Youth Innovation Award.
The Kuala Lumpur boy who shared that his passion towards coding and robotics was developed since he was in Standard Four by joining a robotics camp, organised by his school, is also a Digital Ninja under Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation’s (MDEC) #mydigitalmaker programme. – Bernama
