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A 16-year-old high school student from Palo Alto, California has become widely known for using AI to build applications that help advance medical solutions.
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Adrit Rao, currently a research intern at Stanford University, has developed AutoABI, an iOS app that detects peripheral artery disease (PAD) by listening to arterial sounds in the ankle. Clinical trials and patent applications are ongoing.
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The Indian-American genius also works on: A4an AI system that measures abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) from CT scans, contributed to Stanford University's Spezi, an open-source framework for building digital health apps.
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Rao started coding at the age of eight with simple block programming. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he taught himself how to create apps using his YouTube and other online resources.
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At the age of 12, he won the Swift Student Challenge at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). This led to a meeting with CEO Tim Cook.
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When I was 13, I joined Stanford University for a research internship. Since then, he has focused on building his AI-powered apps for healthcare and medicine. Co-author Over a dozen research papers.
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The Palo Alto High School senior has also developed a non-health app that is currently available on the App Store.these include MoTV: Provides information about movies and TV shows. Signer converts sign language gestures into speech. Virtuthon enables virtual walkathon experiences. Participating Service Hours helps students track their community service hours.
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He is also the founder and CEO of Aretech Inc., a nonprofit that teaches app development to young people. Additionally, he is also a board member of his Get Involved Foundation, a community community he helped develop the Service Hours app.
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