Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2018 | Page 43
Innovate & Inspire |
Mohammed Al Jefairi
The SeeDo attitude of
a young innovator
Stars of Science inventor Mohammed Al Jefairi talks about his current project
to help hearing-impaired children and people with disabilities
How did Stars of Science allow you to grow as an inventor? What
did you hope to achieve from being part of the World Innovation
Summit for Health (WISH) this year?
Stars of Science is a powerful shortcut for any great idea. It’s a path for
shifting your invention to the next level. WISH is another shortcut that has a
huge potential for providing a great forward shift to an innovation along its
journey, and I am looking forward to seeing what we can create.
Can you tell us about your invention SeeDo, the robot that
communicates with hearing-impaired children to improve their
vocabulary?
This interactive learning technology – or friendly robot named ‘Robert
SeeDo’- helps children learn sign language, and makes learning fun. Studies
show that the early years of a child’s life are the most crucial learning period
of all. By the age of just six years old, the average child will have picked up
1,000 words in their vocabulary. In that time, a hearing-impaired child will
have picked up only 50 words. These children risk getting left behind by
society as they struggle to communicate clearly and fully interact with the
world around them. I realised technology could bring massive advances for
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