Sciences
ROMANIA
Ionut Budisteanu
by Maria Iulia
two inventions recognized around the
world. The first one is a device which is
placed on the tongue. This device is able
to help blind people to perceive shapes,
colors and lights using a webcam that is
connected to a laptop.
He is before Malia Obama, (15) and Justin
Bieber, (19) in ‘The 16 Most Influential
Teens of 2013′ Top.What does Ionut
Budisteanu believe? Here it is! “I want to
be a researcher and university professor
to do research so as to help the world
develop,” Budisteanu said after winning
the first place prize.”This is the purpose of
mankind — tocreate some inventions and
to create some projects in order to help
the entire population and the entire
world.”
Ionut Budisteanu is a Romanian teenager
that is considered one of the most
influential teens in 2013. He already has
The second invention is represented by a
revolutionary encephalograph that will
help people with different types of
handicaps to use computer just with their
mind’s power. These are the inventions of
a 17-year-old teenager, who won The Big
Prize at Inventika 2011, but also first
prize in high school studies category.
At 1 6 , h e d e c i d e d t o r e f u s e Ya l e
University, because in his opinion they
focus on the hardware part of computing
and he is interested in software. For this
reason, he refused this prestigious
university. Also, Google Switzerland asked
him to work for a project, and he refused.
In his opinion, it is not important where
he will study for the master degree, but it
is really
important
to study
what he
likes the
most.