Time magazine names teenage inventor Gitanjali Rao, as its first ‘kid of the year’.
Indian - American teenager 15-year-old scientist and inventor has been named as Time magazine’s first “kid of the year”.
Gitanjali Rao, from Denver, Colorado, has invented new technologies across a range of fields, including a device that can identify lead in drinking water, and an app and Chrome extension that uses artificial intelligence to detect cyberbullying.
She said she hoped she could inspire others to dream up ideas to “solve the world’s problems”.
Gitanjali was chosen from a field of 5,000 US-based nominees and was interviewed by Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie.
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