Teen designs app to replace textbooks


Bright idea: Ahmad Zulfadzli showing the app he created to cut dependency on physical books at his house in Kuching. — Bernama

KUCHING: A teenager has deve­loped an application for digital textbooks with the aim of reducing dependency on physical books.

Ahmad Zulfadzli Khamidi, 13, developed the app in just two weeks with training and guidance from the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creative Centre (MaGIC) at Borneo744 in Bintawa here.

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