/R E P E A T -- MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OP - Ontario Science Centre awards 2017 Weston Youth Innovation Award to Markham, ON teen innovator Anmol Tukrel/
TORONTO, June 16, 2017 /CNW/ - High school student Anmol Tukrel has already begun to leave his mark on the global scientific community. On June 20, the seventeen-year-old from Markham, Ontario will be presented with the 2017 Weston Youth Innovation Award by the Ontario Science Centre for his creative application of science towards solving a real world problem. Tukrel created the iDentifi app that assists the visually impaired in identifying objects using a smartphone. The app makes use of the phone's camera and the app's artificial intelligence to provide audio identification of objects, brands, colour, facial expressions, handwriting and text. Click here for a demo: http://getidentifi.com/demo.
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Weston Youth Innovation Award ceremony |
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| Who: |
Anmol Tukrel, 2017 Weston Youth Innovation Award recipient |
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| Stew Green, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation representative |
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| Catherine Paisley, Vice President Science Education, Experience and Engagement, Ontario Science Centre |
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| When: |
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Registration |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Formal remarks & award presentation |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Event ends |
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| Where: |
Ontario Science Centre |
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| 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto |
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| (Please enter via main lobby doors. |
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| TV crews may enter through South Security Entrance via Gateway Blvd.) |
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SOURCE Ontario Science Centre
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