Qualcomm® Thinkabit Lab™ Is Creating the Next Generation of Inventors

By Matt Parke
Jan 20, 2020 11:00 AM ET
Campaign: STEM Education

Originally found on WorkingNation

The ideas which shape our future technology can come from anywhere.

One idea which could help farmers tend their livestock came from the mind of Luis Gomez, with a little help from the Future Ready Lab Inspired by Qualcomm® Thinkabit Lab™ in Porterville, California.

Gomez, 12, is a member of the 4-H Club and he’s got a problem he thinks he can solve. What kind of invention would help him keep his sheep, Lamar, on a regular feeding schedule?

He’s a busy seventh-grader at St. Anne’s School and must dedicate a portion of his day to preparing Lamar for the year-end show and sale. Between school, 4-H and participating on St. Anne’s Academic Decathlon team, it’s a wonder that he has the time for his other hobbies. He’s also a tinkerer who take things apart and rebuilds them and dabbles in video editing too.

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