{"id":25929,"date":"2020-07-02T19:46:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T00:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=25929"},"modified":"2020-07-02T20:35:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T01:35:25","slug":"samvrit-rao-boreas-3m-young-scientist-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/samvrit-rao-boreas-3m-young-scientist-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year-old Samvrit Rao Enters Finals of America\u2019s Young Scientist Challenge for his Telemedicine System"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Novel Coronavirus pandemic induced cancellation of several global events, including the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2020 this year.<\/strong> However, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge 2020 did not give in to the COVID19 health crisis. Rather, the haunt for America\u2019s Top Young Scientist of 2020 is advancing to the finals later this year. Sponsored by 3M and Discovery, the United States\u2019 premier middle school science competition will see 10 finalists compete for the title, America\u2019s Top Young Scientist 2020.<\/p>\n

One of the 10 finalists for the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge, Indian-origin Samvrit Rao from Virginia<\/a> has developed BOREAS, a cost-effective telemedicine solution for both patients and physicians. Having the potential of a breakthrough invention during the global health crisis, Samvrit\u2019s BOREAS uses a software-hardware app to capture and transmit a user\u2019s breath sounds, along with symptomatic data if there is any, to physicians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A diagnostic analysis of breath sounds helps detect bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, COPD and other pulmonary ailments. Nearly 10% of the United States\u2019 300 million people are affected by pulmonary disease, a leading cause of death worldwide. With Samvrit Rao\u2019s easy-to-use telemedicine app, doctors can identify whether a patient is a COVID19 positive by analyzing symptomatic data out of his\/her breath sounds<\/strong>. BOREAS will come in handy for healthcare professionals this pandemic, especially when millions of people are yet to be tested for COVID19.<\/p>\n

How BOREAS, which is Samvrit\u2019s entry to the finals of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, is explained in his video below. Using a lapel microphone and a stethoscope plugged into the audio port of a smartphone, his innovative telemedicine app records and captures the breath sounds along with the symptoms that a patient exhibits.<\/p>\n

A 7th<\/sup> grader at Stone Mill Middle School in Ashburn, 12-year-old Samvrit Rao also explains what motivated him to invent BOREAS in the video.<\/strong> When he was younger, he had to visit his pediatrician whenever he got an asthma attack. At times, it was difficult to schedule appointments, he says. \u201cIf there were a telemedicine app like BOREAS back then, I would have not made as many visits to the doctor as I did,\u201d he adds. However, the existing telemedicine system is not developed enough to relay breath sounds.<\/p>\n