"While many teens are using AI to help themselves with homework and socializing, Kevin Tang, 13, is using it to help others. "A few years ago, my grandma sadly fell in my kitchen, and nobody noticed immediately," Tang told Business Insider. By the time his family found her and called 911, "it was still too late, since she was left with permanent brain damage.""
"Tang started working on Fallguard in the summer of 2024. Since then, he has built and developed it into a device that uses AI to detect when a person falls in real time and immediately sends an alert to the person's family members' phones via the FallGuard mobile app. It can also detect when a person has been lying down for an extended period."
Kevin Tang, 13, created FallGuard after his grandmother fell unnoticed and suffered permanent brain damage. FallGuard is an AI-based device and mobile app that detects real-time falls and extended periods of lying down and immediately alerts family members' phones. The system operates without relying on a cellular carrier and does not generate messaging fees. A single device can link to multiple family members. Tang began the project in summer 2024, won first prize at the 2025 3M Young Scientist Challenge with a $25,000 award, and has reinvested part of the prize to improve and grow FallGuard.
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