[toyg]

(2019)

Or even (2018), since that's when the guy actually came up with it. It was widely reported several times. He's become a regular on the conference circuit since then, but as far as I can see his "great invention" has not actually been deployed in any significant capacity. I'd like it if anybody could shine some light on the outcomes.

[vmception]

Did other things with his life

My teenage life had similar projects and conferences

Got a ride into college and never thought about that again

[soneca]

Decided to Google it. He moved on to a new project which is a platform to help other young inventors [0]. He went meta.

To be fair, any misalignment between what he has done and how it was presented in the press I blame 100% the press.

He did something cool, in line of what’s the Google Science prize is all about (I.e. promoting science research among teenagers, not finding world-changing inventions). The press that went nuts pointing ”this teenager just solved ocean pollution for us!” due to the known incentives that ad-based press have.

[0] https://www.southernstar.ie/news/hollywood-celeb-is-funding-...

[joseluisq]

Yep, so a `(2019)` in the title is required.