{"id":267353,"date":"2016-11-11T15:28:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=267353"},"modified":"2016-11-11T15:28:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:28:20","slug":"13-year-old-honoured-internationally-for-feats-in-tech-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/13-year-old-honoured-internationally-for-feats-in-tech-space\/","title":{"rendered":"13 year old honoured internationally for feats in tech space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a03G Awards, an international award honouring group has discovered and honored a future scientist whose scientific creativity is above reasoning. He is 13 years old Simon-Peter Frimpong &#8211; a Ghanaian American citizen.<\/p>\n<p>Simon-Peter Frimpong a 13 year old Ghanaian-American future scientist on 13th April 2016, had the opportunity to be hosted by President Obama in his Sixth and Final White House Science Fair &#8211; while President Obama welcomed more than 100 top science, technology, engineering and math students from across the country to show how they are going to change the future of America.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Frimpong and two of his friends showcased a new artificial leg they have designed and built using Computer design and 3-D printing of prototypes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/67fc28ad-f760-4159-ae05-67b5370414fe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267356\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/67fc28ad-f760-4159-ae05-67b5370414fe.jpg\" alt=\"67fc28ad-f760-4159-ae05-67b5370414fe\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The innovation is said to have been inspired by a US Army veteran they met who needed a comfortable and functional prosthetic limb. The three teenagers set to work and came up with the artificial leg that now allows the amputee to hike, manage uneven terrain and even skateboard.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the parr designed by Simon Frimpong is said to be what makes the prosthesis unique.<\/p>\n<p>The innovation is so compelling that Simon Frimpong and his friends were also selected as finalists in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow National Competition.<\/p>\n<p>3G Awards &#8211; the world international award honoring group could not keep mute on this extraordinary talent hence has awarded Simon-Peter Frimpong as the youngest African Scientist to inspire other young Africans to bring out more scientific innovations to help bridge the gap between Africa and the developed world hence providing alternatives for Africa&#8217;s tomorrow. Credit Lady Gee (Amansan FM UK).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a03G Awards, an international award honouring group has discovered and honored a future scientist whose scientific creativity is above reasoning. He is 13 years old Simon-Peter Frimpong &#8211; a Ghanaian American citizen. Simon-Peter Frimpong a 13 year old Ghanaian-American future scientist on 13th April 2016, had the opportunity to be hosted by President Obama [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":267355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>13 year old honoured internationally for feats in tech space - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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