15 yr Old Indian American Presents his Project before Obama

Bangalore: Anand Srinivasan, an Indian American student had the privilege to present his project before the U.S President, Obama. He was one among the finalists at Google Search Fair, 2011, who came up with a robotic arm which is controlled by the user’s own brain signals.

 “I wanted to create a bridge between man and machine,” Srinivasan told . Obama shook hands with this 15 year old guy and enquired about his project by asking many questions.

Srinivasan created a software programme which helps in recording the body’s own electric signals, intensifies them and then sends the signals to the brain. He explained that, due to external noise it is not easy to identify patterns in the brain. His software helps in getting rid of this noise from the signal and sending a clear signal to the brain .Thus, it enables the brain to control the robotic arm easily.

“How long will it take until someone can strap on a robotic arm,” Obama asked Srinivasan. “A few years,” replied the teen.