Cardboard microscope bags top prize at Sime Darby Young Innovators Challenge 2017

(left to right) Members of team Afa Arduino – Nur Anis Suratiman, 17, Nor Asikin Zulkefli, 17, Ainurania Azzahra Zulkifli, 16, were crowned champions of the Sime Darby Young Innovators Challenge 2017 for their portable microscope. — NORAFIFI EHSAN/The Star

The team with a prototype of an affordable portable microscope won the top prize worth RM20,000 at the Sime Darby Young Innovators Challenge 2017.

The team called Afa Arduino, consists of Nur Asikin Zulkefli and Nur Anis Suratiman, both 17 and Ainurania Azzahra Zulkifli, 16. The team impressed the judges with their innovative design and product pitching skills.