This 12-year-old girl has created an app that changes lives


Twelve-year-old Emma Yang has created an app called Timeless which assists people with Alzheimer's Disease. Photos: Emma Yang

It's not every day you read about a 12-year-old who has created something that could change lives. So when news about American tween Emma Yang started popping up on newsfeeds recently, we sat up and took notice.

Yang is a regular 8th grader from the Brearley School in New York, United States, who would like to study computer science, artificial intelligence and machine learning. She is especially interested in the intersection between health care, biology and computer science and hopes to someday pursue a career through which she can apply that interest to solve real world problems.

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